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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्बूकśambūkaA bivalve shell (शम्बूका also in this sense).

    [शम्ब्-ऊकः Uṇ.4.43]

    1. A bivalve shell (शम्बूका also in this sense).
    2. A small conch-shell.
    3. A snail.
    4. The edge of the frontal protuberance of an elephant.
    5. Name of a Śūdra (who practised penance though forbidden to his caste and was in consequence slain by Rāma; see inter alia Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2 and R.15).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शम्बूकśambūka[sambûka] m. shell; snail; N. of a pious Sûdra slain by Râma.

    [sambûka] masculine shell; snail; noun of a pious Sûdra slain by Râma.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्बूकśambūkam. a bivalve shell, any shell or conch Ka1v. Katha1s. Sus3r. (also f(आ). L.)
    1. masculine gender a bivalve shell, any shell or conch Ka1v. Katha1s. Sus3r. (also f(आ). Lexicographers)
    2. masculine gender a snail W.
    3. masculine gender a kind of animal (Equivalent to घोङ्घ) Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender the edge of the frontal protuberance of an elephant Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of a S3u1dra शूद्र (who had become a devotee and was slain by Ra1ma-candra राम-चन्द्र) R. Uttarar. (confer, compare शम्बुक)
    6. masculine gender of a Daitya दैत्य Lexicographers
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  2. कशम्बूकkaśambūkam. a particular mythical being Suparn2. xxiii, 5.

    masculine gender a particular mythical being Suparn2. xxiii, 5.

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  3. शम्बूकपुष्पीśambūkapuṣpīf. a species of plant (= सङ्ख-प्˚) Bhpr.

    feminine a species of plant (Equivalent to सङ्ख-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Bhpr.

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  4. शम्बूकावर्तśambūkāvartam. (cf. शङ्खा*व्˚) the convolution of a shell Sus3r.
    1. masculine gender (confer, compare शङ्खा*व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) the convolution of a shell Sus3r.
    2. masculine gender a fistula of that shape in the rectum ibidem
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