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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
śaṅkuशङ्कुm. (for 2. See col. 2) fear, terror, [W.]
śaṅkú m. (of doubtful derivation) a peg, nail, spike, [RV.] &c. &c.
a stick, [Hariv.]
a stake, post, pillar, [MBh.]
an arrow, spear, dart (fig. applied to the ‘sting’ of sorrow, pain &c.; cf. śaṅkā-, śoka-ś° &c.), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
a partic. weapon or any weapon, [L.]
the pin or gnomon of a dial (usually twelve fingers long), [Col.]
a kind of forceps (used for the extraction of a dead fetus), [Suśr.]
the fibre or vein of a leaf, [ChUp.]
the measure of twelve fingers, [L.]
(in astron.) the sine of altitude, [Sūryas.]
a partic. high number, ten billions (compared to an innumerable collection of ants), [MBh.]; [R.]
the clapper of a bell, [Govardh.] ([L.] also the penis; poison; Unguis Odoratus; a partic. tree or the trunk of a lopped tree; a partic. fish [accord. to some ‘the skate fish’] or aquatic animal; a goose; a measuring rod; a Rākṣasa; N. of Śiva; of a Gandharva attendant on Śiva; of Kāma; of a Nāga; = aṃśa)
N. of a man g. gargādi
of a Dānava, [Hariv.]
of a Vṛṣṇi (son of Ugra-sena), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [Hariv.]
of a poet (= śaṅkuka, q.v.), [Cat.]
of a. Brāhman, [Buddh.]
śaṅkú n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
śaṅkuciशङ्कुचिm. a skate fish (= 2. śaṅku), [L.] (cf. sāṃkuci).
śaṅkukaशङ्कुकm. a small peg or nail, [KātyŚr.], Sch.
N. of a poet (author of the Bhuvanābhyudaya, son of Mayūra), [Rājat.]
of a writer on rhetoric, [Cat.]
śaṅkulāशङ्कुलाf. a kind of lancet or knife, [Uṇ. i, 37], Sch.
a pair of nippers or scissors (used to cut the areca-nut into small pieces), [W.] (cf. danta-śaṅku).
śaṅkuraशङ्कुरmfn. causing fear, frightful, formidable
m. N. of a Dānava, [VP.] (v.l. for śaṃkara).
śaṅkumatशङ्कुमत्śaṅku—mat mfn. filled with stakes or spikes, [L.]
śaṅkuṣṭhaशङ्कुष्ठśaṅku—ṣṭha (for -stha) mfn., [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 97.]
śaṅkudhānaशङ्कुधानśaṅku—dhāna n. ‘peg-receptacle’, a hole for a pin (made in a skin to fasten it when used as an amulet), [Kauś.]
śaṅkuphalāशङ्कुफलाśaṅku—phalā or śaṅku—phalíkā, f. Prosopis Spicigera, [Bhpr.]
śaṅkujīvāशङ्कुजीवाśaṅku—jīvā f. the sine of a gnomon, [ib.]
śaṅkumūlīशङ्कुमूलीśaṅku—mūlī f. the 15th day of the light half of the month Mārga-śīrṣa, [L.]
śaṅkumatīशङ्कुमतीśaṅku—matī f. N. of a metre, [Col.]
śaṅkumukhaशङ्कुमुखśaṅku—mukha mf(I)n. having a pointed or sharp mouth (as a mouse), [Suśr.]
śaṅku—mukha m. a crocodile, [L.]
a kind of leech, [Suśr.]
śaṅkupathaशङ्कुपथśaṅku—patha m., [Pāṇ. v, 1, 77], Vārtt. 2.
śaṅkutalaशङ्कुतलśaṅku—tala n. the base of a gnomon, [Gol.]
śaṅkutaruशङ्कुतरुśaṅku—taru m. the tree Vatica Robusta, [L.]
śaṅkuphaṇinशङ्कुफणिन्śaṅku—phaṇin m. a kind of aquatic animal, [L.]
śaṅkuśirasशङ्कुशिरस्śaṅku—śiras mfn. spear-headed, [L.]
śaṅku—śiras m. N. of an Asura, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
śaṅkucchāyāशङ्कुच्छायाśaṅku—cchāyā f. the shadow of a gnomon, [Sūryas.]
śaṅkukarṇaशङ्कुकर्णśaṅku—karṇa mf(I or A)n. having pointed ears, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
becomes śaṅkū-karṇa when it means ‘having the ear marked with a śaṅku or like a ś°’, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 112]; [vi, 3, 115]
śaṅku—karṇa m. an ass, [L.]
N. of a Dānava, [Hariv.]
of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh.]
of a serpent-demon, [ib.]
of a Rākṣasa, [R.]
of a son of Janam-ejaya, [MBh.]
of a camel, [Pañcat.]
śaṅkupucchaशङ्कुपुच्छśaṅku—puccha n. the sting (of a bee &c.), [Rājat.]
śaṅkuvṛkṣaशङ्कुवृक्षśaṅku—vṛkṣa m. = -taru, [L.]
śaṅkuphalikāशङ्कुफलिकाśaṅku—phalā or śaṅku—phalíkā, f. Prosopis Spicigera, [Bhpr.]
śaṅkukarṇinशङ्कुकर्णिन्śaṅku—kar°ṇin° mfn. having pointed ears, [Hariv.]
śaṅkuvicāraशङ्कुविचारśaṅku—vicāra m. N. of wk. (containing rules for finding out the hours by the shadows of pegs driven into the earth in sunshine) by Lakṣmī-pati, [Cat.]
śaṅkuśravaṇaशङ्कुश्रवणśaṅku—śravaṇa mfn. = -karṇa, [VarBṛS.]
śaṅkulākhaṇḍaशङ्कुलाखण्डśaṅkulā—khaṇḍa n. a piece cut off with a pair of nippers, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 2], Sch.
śaṅkukarṇamukhaशङ्कुकर्णमुखśaṅku—karṇa—mukha mfn. having pointed ears and mouth, [MBh.]
śaṅkukarṇeśvaraशङ्कुकर्णेश्वरśaṅku—kar°ṇeśvara m. a partic. form of Śiva, [MBh.]
śaṅku—kar°ṇeśvara n. N. of a Liṅga, [Cat.]