शंकु (zaMku)
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EnglishSaMku {% m. %} 1. A post, a spike, a pillar
2. a nail, a peg, R.xii.95, M.viii.271
3. a stump, a trunk
4. the pointed head of an arrow, a shaft
5. a spear, a javelin
6. a measure of twelve fingers
7. a measuring rod
8. ten billions
9. the penis
10. an anthill
11. a demon
12. an aquatic animal
13. poison
14. an epithet of Śiva
15. sine of altitude (in astronomy).
पुराणम्
Englishशंकु १ / ŚAṄKU I. A son of hiraṇyākṣa. śambara, śakuni, Dvimūrdhā, śaṅku and Ārya were the sons of Hiraṇyāksa (agni purāṇa, Chapter 19).
शंकु २ / ŚAṄKU II. A yādava King who was present at the wedding of draupadī. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 19).
He was a member of the company of Yādavas, who carried Subhadrā's dowry at her wedding with arjuna. He was a mahārathī also. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14 and Ādi Parva, Chapter 220).
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