aṅká m. a hook, [RV. i, 162, 13], &c.
part of a chariot (used in the dual), [TS.]; [TBr.]
a curve
the curve in the human, especially the female, figure above the hip (where infants sitting astride are carried by mothers, hence often = ‘breast’ or ‘lap’)
the side or flank
the body
proximity, place
the bend in the arm
any hook or crooked instrument
a curved line
a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal, &c.
any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
a number
the numbers one and nine
a co-efficient
an act of a drama
a drama
a military show or sham-fight
a misdeed, a sin, [L.]
a kind of regnal year (used in Orissa and usually spoken of as Onko year; the peculiarity of it is that in counting the years of the reign of a king certain numbers are omitted, thus, accord. to one system, the numbers ending with 6 or 0, excepting 10, are dropped, so that the sequence of the years would be-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21 &c.)
[cf. Gk. ἀγκάς, ἀγκάλη, ἀγκών, ὄγκος, and Lat. uncus].