Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[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.

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.