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शंखः (zaMkhaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
शंखः
खं [शम्-ख Uṇ. 1. 102] 1 The conch-shell, a shell
न श्वेतभावमुज्झति 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 Viṣṇu.
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.
लिखितः a righteous or just king. (-dual) N. of two writers of Smṛtis.
स्वनः the sound of a conch.