शङ्कुśaṅkua crocodile.
Derived forms and compounds
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-मुखः
- a crocodile.
- a kind of leech.
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-मूली the 15th day of the light half of मार्गशीर्ष.
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शङ्कुः śaṅkuḥ
- शङ्क्-उण् Uṇ.1.36
- A dart, spear, spike, javelin, dagger; Often times at the end of comp; शोकशङ्कुः 'the dart of grief', id est, that is sharp or poignant grief; तथैव तीव्रो हृदि शोकशङ्कुर्मर्माणि कृन्तन्नपि किं न सोढः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.35; R.8.93; Ki.16.15.
- A stake, pillar, post, pale; महासुहयः सैन्धवः पड्वीशशङ्कून् संवृहेत् Bri. Up.6.1.13; निखातशङ्कुसंबद्धसैन्धवश्रेणिसंयुतम् Siva B.2. 53.
- A nail, pin, peg; बभूवु सप्त दुर्धर्षाः खादिरैः शङ्कुभि- श्चिताः Mb.3.284.3; अयःशङ्कुचितां रक्षः शतघ्नीमथ शत्रवे (अक्षिपत्) R.12.95.
- The sharp head or point of an arrow, barb; Dk.1.1.
- The trunk (of a lopped tree), stump, pollard.
- The pin of a dial.
- A measure of twelve fingers.
- A measuring-rod.
- The sine of altitude (in Astronomy).
- Ten billions.
- The fibres of a leaf; यथा शङ्कुना सर्वाणि पर्णानि संतृण्णानि Ch. Up. 2.23.3.
- An ant-hill.
- The penis.
- The skate-fish.
- A demon.
- Poison.
- Sin; crime.
- An aquatic animal, particularly, a goose.
- Name of Śiva.
- The Sāla tree.
- A kind of perfume (नखी).
- Name of Kāma, the god of love.
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-कर्ण Adjective spike-eared; महावृक्षगलस्कन्धः शङ्कुकर्णो बिभीषणः Mb.1.152.4. (-र्णः) an ass.
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-च्छाया the shadow of a gnomon.
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-जीवा (in Astronomy) the gnomon sine.
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-तरुः, -वृक्षः the Sāla tree.
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-धानम् a hole for a pin.
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-पुच्छम् the sting (of a bee etc.).
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-फला, -फलिका the Śamī tree.
