śaṅku (m)
Meanings
- (in astron.) the sine of altitude
- a goose
- a kind of forceps (used for the extraction of a dead fetus)
- a measuring rod
- a particular fish [accord. to some "the skate fish"] or aquatic animal
- a particular high number
- a particular tree or the trunk of a lopped tree
- a particular weapon or any weapon
- a peg
- a Rākṣasa
- a stake
- a stick
- an arrow
- dart (fig. applied to the "sting" of sorrow)
- nail
- name of a Brāhman
- name of a Dānava
- name of a Gaudharva attendant on Śiva
- name of a man
- name of a Nāga
- name of a poet
- name of a son of Kṛṣṇa
- name of a Vṛṣṇi; son of Ugrasena
- name of Kāma
- name of Śiva
- pillar
- poison
- post
- spear
- spike
- ten billions (compared to an innumerable collection of ants)
- the clapper of a bell
- the fibre or vein of a leaf
- the measure of twelve fingers
- the pin or gnomon of a dial (usually twelve fingers long)
- Unguis Odoratus
Sememes
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