शङ्क् शङ्खक

शङ्ख

शङ्ख [शम्-ख Uṇ. 1. 102]
1 The conch-shell, a shell; न श्वेतभा- वमुज्झति शखः शिखिभुक्तमुक्तोपि Pt. 4. 110; शंखान् दध्मुः पृथक् पृथक् Bg. 1. 18.
2 The bone on the forehead; शंखांतरद्योति विलोचनं यत् Ku. 7. 33.
3 The temporal bone.
4 The part between the tusks of an elephant.
5 A hundred billions.
6 A military drum or other martial instrument.
7 A kind of perfume (नर्खा).
8 One of the nine treasures of Kubera.
9 N. of a demon slain by Vishṇu.
10 N. of the author of a Smṛti (mentioned in conjunction with लिखित q. v.).
−Comp.
−उदकं the water poured into a conch-shell. −कारः, −कारकः a shell-cutter, described as a kind of mixed caste
−क्षीरं an impossibility; cf. खपुष्प. −चरी, −चर्ची a mark made with sandal (on the forehead.).
−चूर्णं powder produced from shells.
−जः a large pearl (of the shape of a pigeon's egg). −द्रावः, −द्रावकः a solvent for dissolving shells. −ध्मः,
−ध्मा m. a shell-blower; conch-blower.
−ध्वनिः the sound of a conch (sometimes, but erroneously, used to denote a cry of alarm or despair).
−पालः an epithet of the sun.
−प्रस्थः a spot on the moon.
−भृत् m an epithet of Viṣṇu.
−मुखः an alligator.
−मुक्ता the mother of pearls. −लि- खितः a righteous or just king. (-dual) N. of two writers of Smṛtis.
−स्वनः the sound of a conch.

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