शुक्तक शुक्तिका

शुक्ति

शुक्ति f. [शच्-क्तिन्]
1 An oyster. shell, pearl-oyster; पात्रविशेषन्यस्तं गु- णांतरं व्रजति शिल्पमाधातुः । जलमिव समु- द्रशुक्तौ मुक्ताफलतां पयोदस्य M. 1. 6; Bh. 2. 67; R. 13. 17.
2 A conchshell.
3 A small shell, muscle.
4 A portion of the skull.
5 A curl of bair on a horse's breast (or neck); Śi. 5. 4; see Malli. thereon.
6 A kind of perfume.
7 A particular weight equal to two Karṣas.
8 Hemorrhoids.
−Comp.
−उद्भवं, −जं a pearl. −पुटं, −पेशी a pearl-oyster shell.
−वधूः the pearl-oyster.
−वीजं a pearl.
−स्पर्शः dusky spots on a peral.

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