cangius

ṡaṅkhá

a conch-shell perforated at one end is alsoﾠ used as a wind instrument orﾠ horn;
in the battles of epic poetry, each hero being represented as provided with a conch-shell which serves as his horn orﾠ trumpet andﾠ of ten has a name) AV. etc. etc. IW. 403 ;
a partic. high number (said to = a hundred billions orﾠ 100, 000 krores) MBh. ;
m. the temporal bone, temple (accord. toﾠ some alsoﾠ, the bone of the forehead orﾠ, frontal bone) Yājñ. MBh. etc.;
an elephant's cheek orﾠ the part between the tusks ( hasti-danta-madhya) L. ;
N. of the teeth of an elephant 23 years old VarBṛS. ;
Unguis Odoratus L. ;
a partic. Mantra Gobh. ;
a kind of metre, Ked N. of one of Kubera's treasures andﾠ of the being presiding over it MBh. Kāv. etc.;
a military drum orﾠ other martial instrument W. ;
N. of one of the 8 chiefs of the Nāgas (q.v.) MBh. Hariv. Pur. ;
of a Daitya (who conquered the gods, stole the Vedas, andﾠ carried them off to the bottom of the sea, from whence they were recovered by Vishṇu in the form of a fish) ib. ;
of a demon dangerous to children ĀpGṛ. Sch. ;
of a mythical elephant R. ;
N. of various men (pl. N. of a Gotra) AV. etc. etc.;
of a son of Virāṭa MBh. ;
of a son of Vajra-nābha Hariv. Pur. ;
of a law-giver (often mentioned together with his brother Likhita, q.v.) Yājñ. MBh. etc. (cf. comp. below);
of the author of RV. X, 15 (having the patr. Yāmāyana) Anukr. ;
of another poet Cat. ;
of a country in the south of India (said to abound in shells) VarBṛS. (cf. gaṇa ṡaṇḍikâ̱di);
of a mountain Hariv. Pur. ;
of a forest VP. ;
(ā) f. a kind of flute Saṃgīt. ;
+ cf. Gk. κόγχη;
Lat. concha, cangius
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