शङ्ख — {śaṅkhá} m. n. (ifc. f. {ā}) a shell, (esp.) the conch-shell (used for making libations of water or as an ornament for the arms or for the temples of an elephant##a conch-shell perforated at one end is also used as a wind instrument or horn##in the battles of epic poetry, each hero being represented as provided with a conch-shell which serves as his horn or trumpet and of ten has a name) &c. &c. 403##a partic. high number (said to = a hundred billions or 100, 000 krores)##m. the temporal bone, temple (accord. to some also, the bone of the forehead' or, frontal bone') &c##an elephant's cheek or the part between the tusks ({hasti-danta-madhya})##N. of the teeth of an elephant 23 years old##Unguis Odoratus##a partic. Mantra##a kind of metre, Ked N. of one of Kubera's treasures and of the being presiding over it &c##a military drum or other martial instrument##N. of one of the 8 chiefs of the Nāgas (q.v.)##of a Daitya (who conquered the gods, stole the Vedas, and carried them off to the bottom of the sea, from whence they were recovered by Vishṇu in the form of a fish)##of a demon dangerous to children##of a mythical elephant##N. of various men (pl. N. of a Gotra) &c. &c##of a son of Virāṭa##of a son of Vajra-nābha##of a law-giver (often mentioned together with his brother Likhita, q.v.) &c. (cf. comp. below)##of the author of x, 15 (having the patr. Yāmāyana)##of another poet##of a country in the south of India (said to abound in shells) (cf. g. {śaṇḍikâdi})##of a mountain##of a forest##({ā}), f. a kind of flute [Cf. Gk., ? ; Lat. {concha}, [1047, 3] {cangius}.]
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