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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शङ्कुśaṅkuA dart, spear, spike, javelin, dagger; oft. at the end of comp; शोकशङ्कुः 'the dart of grief', i. e. sharp or…

    [शङ्क्-उण् Uṇ.1.36]

    1. 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.
    2. A stake, pillar, post, pale; महासुहयः सैन्धवः पड्वीशशङ्कून् संवृहेत् Bri. Up.6.1.13; निखातशङ्कुसंबद्धसैन्धवश्रेणिसंयुतम् Siva B.2. 53.
    3. A nail, pin, peg; बभूवु सप्त दुर्धर्षाः खादिरैः शङ्कुभि- श्चिताः Mb.3.284.3; अयःशङ्कुचितां रक्षः शतघ्नीमथ शत्रवे (अक्षिपत्) R.12.95.
    4. The sharp head or point of an arrow, barb; Dk.1.1.
    5. The trunk (of a lopped tree), stump, pollard.
    6. The pin of a dial.
    7. A measure of twelve fingers.
    8. A measuring-rod.
    9. The sine of altitude (in Astronomy).
    10. Ten billions.
    11. The fibres of a leaf; यथा शङ्कुना सर्वाणि पर्णानि संतृण्णानि Ch. Up. 2.23.3.
    12. An ant-hill.
    13. The penis.
    14. The skate-fish.
    15. A demon.
    16. Poison.
    17. Sin; crime.
    18. An aquatic animal, particularly, a goose.
    19. Name of Śiva.
    20. The Sāla tree.
    21. A kind of perfume (नखी).
    22. Name of Kāma, the god of love.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कर्ण Adjective spike-eared; महावृक्षगलस्कन्धः शङ्कुकर्णो बिभीषणः Mb.1.152.4. (-र्णः) an ass.

    • -च्छाया the shadow of a gnomon.

    • -जीवा (in Astronomy) the gnomon sine.

    • -तरुः, -वृक्षः the Sāla tree.

    • -धानम् a hole for a pin.

    • -पुच्छम् the sting (of a bee etc.).

    • -फला, -फलिका the Śamī tree.

    • -मुखः

      1. a crocodile.
      2. a kind of leech.

    • -मूली the 15th day of the light half of मार्गशीर्ष.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शङ्कुśaṅku[saṅk-ú] m. V., C.: peg; C.: nail, spike; stake; arrow, spear; dart (fig. of grief etc.); N.: (u)-ka, m.…

    [saṅk-ú] masculine Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: peg; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: nail, spike; stake; arrow, spear; dart (figurative, -ly of grief etc.); noun: (u)-ka, masculine little peg; noun; -karna, adjective spike-eared; masculine noun of a camel; -pukkha, neuter sting of a bee etc.; -mukhî, feminine; also equal for (spike mouthed), kind of leech.

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  2. त्रिशङ्कुtriśaṅku[tri-saṅku] m. N. of an ancient sage and of a king of Ayodhyâ, raised to the stars as the Southern Cross:…

    [tri-saṅku] masculine noun of an ancient sage and of a king of Ayodhyâ, raised to the stars as the Southern Cross: -tilaka, adjective adorned with the Southern Cross: â dis, feminine; also equal forEquivalent tothe South; -satá, adjective 103; 300; 300th; consisting of 300; neuter 300; -sâkha, adjective having three branches; -sikha, adjective three-crested, three-pronged, shap ed like a trident; neuter trident; -sikhara, adjective three-peaked; -siras, adjective three-headed; three-peaked; masculine noun of a Rishi with the patrony mic Tvâshtra, reputed author of Rig-veda X, viii; noun of a Râkshasa slain by Râma; -sîrsha, -sîr shán, adjective three-headed; -sûla, neuter trident; adjective wielding the trident (Siva).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शङ्कुśaṅkum. (for 2. see col. 2) fear, terror W.
    1. masculine gender (for 2. see column 2) fear, terror W.
    2. masculine gender (of doubtful derivation) a peg, nail, spike fg-veda etc.
    3. masculine gender a stick Hariv.
    4. masculine gender a stake, post, pillar MBh.
    5. masculine gender an arrow, spear, dart (figuratively applied to the "sting" of sorrow, pain etc.; confer, compare शन्का-, शोक-श् etc.) Hariv. Ka1v. Ra1jat.
    6. masculine gender a particular weapon or any weapon Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender the pin or gnomon of a dial (usually twelve fingers long) Col.
    8. masculine gender a kind of forceps (used for the extraction of a dead fetus) Sus3r.
    9. masculine gender the fibre or vein of a leaf. ChUp.
    10. masculine gender the measure of twelve fingers Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender (in astronomy) the sine of altitude, S3u1ryas.
    12. masculine gender a particular high number, ten billions (compared to an innumerable collection of ants) MBh. R.
    13. masculine gender the clapper of a bell, Govardh. (Lexicographers also the penis; poison; Unguis Odoratus; a particular tree or the trunk of a lopped tree; a particular fish [according to to some "the skate fish"] or aquatic animal; a goose; a measuring rod; a Ra1kshasa राक्षस; Name of S3iva शिव; of a Gandharva गन्धर्व attendant on S3iva शिव; of Ka1ma काम; of a Na1ga नाग; Equivalent to अंश)
    14. masculine gender Name of a man gaRa गर्गा*दि
    15. masculine gender of a Da1nava दानव Hariv.
    16. masculine gender of a Vr2ishn2i वृष्णि (son of Ugra-sena उग्र-सेन) MBh. Hariv. Pur.
    17. masculine gender of a son of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण Hariv.
    18. masculine gender of a poet (Equivalent to शङ्कुक quod vide) catalogue or catalogues
    19. masculine gender of a. Bra1hman Brahman Buddh.
    20. neuter gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr.
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  2. अयःशङ्कुayaḥśaṅkum. an iron bolt Ragh. xii, 95 Ra1jat.
    1. masculine gender an iron bolt Ragh. xii, 95 Ra1jat.
    2. masculine gender Name of an Asura असुर Hariv. and Ma1rkP.
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  3. कुशङ्कुkuśaṅkum. N. of a prince VP.
    1. masculine gender Name of a prince VP.
    2. see 1. कु .
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  4. कोणशङ्कुkoṇaśaṅkum. the sinus of the height of the sun (the sun standing neither in the vertical circle (-वृत्त q.v.) nor in…

    masculine gender the sinus of the height of the sun (the sun standing neither in the vertical circle (-वृत्त quod vide) nor in the Unman2d2ala उन्मण्डल) Gol.

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  5. गर्भशङ्कुgarbhaśaṅkum. an instrument for extracting the dead foetus.

    masculine gender an instrument for extracting the dead foetus.

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  6. त्रिशङ्कुtriśaṅkum. N. of a sage TUp. i, 10
    1. masculine gender Name of a sage TUp. i, 10
    2. masculine gender of a king of Ayodhya1 अयोध्या (aspiring to ascend to heaven in his mortal body, he first requested Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ to perform a great sacrifice for him; on Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ 's refusing he applied to Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ 's hundred sons, who cursed and degraded him to the rank of a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल [hence called a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल king DivyA7v. xxxiii]; Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र then undertook the sacrifice for him and invited all the gods, who declined to come and thereby so enraged the sage that, by his own power, he transported T Tris3an3ku त्रिशङ्कु to heaven; on his being hurled down again head foremost by the gods, he was arrested in his course by Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र and remained suspended in the sky, forming the southern cross constellation R. i, 57 (59 G) ff. [son of Pr2ithu पृथु]; Hariv. 730 ff. and VP. iv, 3, 13 feminine [son of Trayya1run2a त्रय्यारुण]; [son of Tri-bandhana त्रि-बन्धन] BhP. ix, 7) MBh. i, xiii etc.
    3. masculine gender a cat Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender the civet-cat Npr.
    5. masculine gender a grasshopper Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender a fire-fly Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedङ्ख Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender Name of a mythical mountain DivyA7v. viii, 293 ff.
    9. feminine Name of a mythical river 223 and 295
    10. feminine (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedकुका) 298
    11. masculine gender plural Name of thorns 293
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  7. त्रिशङ्कुकtriśaṅkukam. a wag-tail Gal.

    masculine gender a wag-tail Gal.

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