Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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[ śa ] [ śa ]1 the first of the three sibilants ( it belongs to the palatal class , but in sound as well as euphonic treatment often corresponds to [] , though in some words pronounced more like [ s ] ) .


  शकार [ śakāra ] [ śa-kāra ]1 m. ( for 2. see p.1045) the letter or sound [ śa ] Lit. Prāt.


   शकारभेद [ śakārabheda ] [ śa-kāra--bheda ]1 m. = next.


  शभेद [ śabheda ] [ śa-bheda ] m. N. of a treatise on the proper spelling of words beginning with [ ś ] , [] , or s.


  शवर्ग [ śavarga ] [ śa-varga ] m. the sibilating class of letters i.e. the three sibilants and the letter [ h ] .


[ śa ] [ śa ]2 (ifc.) = [ śaya ] (see [ giri- ] , [ vāri- ] , [ vṛkṣa-śa ] ) .


[ śa ] [ śa ]3 m. = [ śastra ] Lit. L.

= [ śiva ] Lit. L.

[ śa ] n. see 2. [ śam ] .


शंय [ śaṃya ] [ śaṃya ] [ śṃyu ] see p.1054.


शंव [ śaṃva ] [ śaṃva ] [ śaṃvara ] , [ śaṃvūka ] see [ śamba ] , [ śambara ] , [ śambūka ] , p.1055.


शंशमम् [ śaṃśamam ] [ śaṃśamam ] [ śaṃśāmam ] see √ [ śam ] .


शंस् [ śaṃs ] [ śaṃs ] Root cl. [1] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xvii , 79) [ śáṃsati ] ( mc. also Ā. ; pf. [ śaśaṃsa ] , [ °se ] Lit. Br. ; [ śaṃsuḥ ] , [ °sire ] Lit. MBh. ; p. [ śaṃsivas ] q.v. ; aor. [ aśaṃsīt ] Lit. RV. , : Subj. [ śaṃsiṣat ] Lit. RV. Lit. Br. ; 2. pl. [ śasta ] Lit. RV. ; [ śastāt ] Lit. AitBr. ; 1. sg. [ śaṃsi ] Lit. RV. ; Prec. [ śasyāt ] . Gr. ; fut. [ śaṃsitā ] Lit. ib. ; [ śaṃsiṣyati ] Lit. Br. ; inf. [ śaṃsitum ] Lit. MBh. ; [ -śase ] Lit. RV. ; ind. p. [ śastvā́ ] , [ -śasya ] , [ -śaṃsam ] Lit. Br. ; [ -śaṃsya ] Lit. MBh.) , to recite , repeat ( esp. applied to the recitation of texts in the invocations addressed by the Hotṛi to the Adhvaryu , when [ śaṃs ] is written [ śoṃs ] and the formulas [ śoṃsāmas ] , [ śoṃsāvas ] , [ śoṃsāva ] are used ; see 2. [ ā-hāva ] ) Lit. RV. Lit. Br. Lit. ŚrS. ; to praise , extol Lit. RV. ; to praise , commend , approve Lit. VarBṛS. ; to vow , make a vow (?) Lit. RV. x , 85 , 9 ; to wish anything (acc.) to (dat.) Lit. ib. 124 , 3 to relate , say , tell , report , declare , announce to (gen. or dat. ; " who or where anybody is " acc. ; also with two acc , " to declare anybody or anything to be- " ) Lit. AV. ; to foretell , predict , prognosticate Lit. R. Lit. Kum. ; to calumniate , revile Lit. W. ; to hurt , injure Lit. Dhātup. ; to be unhappy Lit. ib. : Pass. [ śasyáte ] , to be recited or uttered or praised or approved Lit. RV. : Caus. [ śaṃsayati ] (aor. [ aśaśaṃsat ] ) , to cause to repeat or recite Lit. AitBr. Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. BhP. ; to predict , foretell Lit. R. : Desid. [ śiśaṃsiṣati ] Gr.: Intens. [ śāśasyate ] , [ śāśaṃsti ] Lit. ib. ( cf. Lat. (carmen) for (casmen) ; (casme1na) (came1na) ; (censeo) . ) ( 1043,3 )


 शंस [ śaṃsa ] [ śáṃsa ] m. recitation , invocation , praise Lit. RV.

  wishing well or ill to , a blessing or a curse Lit. ib.

  a promise , vow Lit. ib. ( [ narā́ṃ śáṃsa ] Lit. RV. ii , 34 , 6 , prob.= [ narā-ś ] q.v. ; [ ṛjúr ] [ í c ] [ cháṃsa ] , Lit. ii , 26 , 1 either , by tmesis , " the right praiser " , or [ ṛju-śaṃsa ] as adj. " righteous , faithful " )

  a spell Lit. MW.

  calumny Lit. ib.

  [ śaṃsā ] f. praise , flattery , eulogium Lit. Kāv.

  wish , desire Lit. W.

  speech , utterance , announcement Lit. R.

  [ śaṃsa ] m. f. n. reciting , proclaiming , praising , wishing (see [ agha- ] , [ duḥ-ś ] )


 शंसथ [ śaṃsatha ] [ śaṃsatha ] m. conversation Lit. PārGṛ.


 शंसन [ śaṃsana ] [ śaṃsana ] n. reciting , recitation , praise Lit. L.

  report , announcement , communication Lit. R. ( applied to Śiva Lit. Hariv. 7425 = [ veda-praśasya ] Lit. Nīlak.)


 शंसनीय [ śaṃsanīya ] [ śaṃsanīya ] m. f. n. to be praised , praiseworthy Lit. Nir. Lit. Rājat.


 शंसित [ śaṃsita ] [ śaṃsita ] m. f. n. ( often confounded with [ saṃ-śita ] see [ saṃ-√ śo ] ) said , told , praised , celebrated Lit. Pañcat. praiseworthy Lit. ib.

  wished , desired , longed for Lit. W.

  calumniated , falsely accused Lit. ib.


 शंसितृ [ śaṃsitṛ ] [ śaṃsitṛ ] m. a reciter (= [ śaṃstṛ ] below) Lit. MBh. Lit. VāyuP. Lit. Yājñ. Sch.

  = [ hotṛ ] Lit. AitĀr.


 शंसिन् [ śaṃsin ] [ śaṃsin ] m. f. n. ( only ifc.) reciting , uttering , announcing , telling , relating , betraying , predicting , promising Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās.


 शंसिवस् [ śaṃsivas ] [ śaṃsivas ] m. f. n. announcing , proclaiming Lit. R.


 शंस्तव्य [ śaṃstavya ] [ śaṃstavya ] m. f. n. to be recited Lit. AitBr.


 शंस्तृ [ śaṃstṛ ] [ śáṃstṛ ] m. one who recites , a reciter Lit. RV. Lit. AitBr. ( a priest identified with the Praśāstṛi and mentioned along with five others in Lit. RV. i , 162 , 5 ; his sacrificial duties correspond with those of the Maitrā-varuṇa of the later ritual)

  a praiser , encomiast , panegyrist Lit. W.


 शंस्य [ śaṃsya ] [ śáṃsya ] m. f. n. to be recited Lit. RV.

  to be praised , praiseworthy Lit. ib.

  N. of Agni (in a formula) Lit. VS. Lit. TBr. Lit. KātyŚr. Sch. (m. the eastward sacrificial fire Lit. L.)

  to be wished for , desirable Lit. W.


 शस् [ śas ] [ śas ]1 m. f. n. reciting (see [ uktha-śás ] , [ -śasá ] ) .


 शस [ śasa ] [ śasa ] m. f. n. reciting (see [ uktha-śás ] , [ -śasá ] ) .


 शसित्वा [ śasitvā ] [ śasitvā ] ind. having praised (= [ śastvā ] see √ [ śaṃs ] ) Lit. MW.


 शस्त [ śasta ] [ śastá ]1 m. f. n. ( for 2. see under √ [ śas ] ) recited repeated Lit. RV.

  praised , commended , approved Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  auspicious ( cf. [ á-ś ] ) Lit. AV. Lit. Rājat.

  beautiful Lit. R.

  happy , fortunate Lit. Kathās.

  [ śasta ] n. praise , eulogy Lit. RV.

  happiness , excellence Lit. W.


  शस्तकेशक [ śastakeśaka ] [ śastá-keśaka ] m. f. n. having excellent or beautiful hair Lit. L.


  शस्तता [ śastatā ] [ śastá-tā ] f. excellence Lit. MārkP.


  शस्तोक्त [ śastokta ] [ śastokta ] m. f. n. one. to whom a recitation has been made Lit. VS.


 शस्तव्य [ śastavya ] [ śastavya ] m. f. n. to be recited or praised Lit. MW.


 शस्ति [ śasti ] [ śastí ] f. praise , a hymn Lit. RV.

  a praiser , singer Lit. ib.


 शस्त्र [ śastra ] [ śastrá ]1 n. ( for 2. see under √ [ śas ] ) invocation , praise (applied to any hymn recited either audibly or inaudibly , as opp. to [ stoma ] , which is sung , but esp. the verses recited by the Hotṛi and his assistant as an accompaniment to the Grahas at the Soma libation) Lit. VS. Lit. Br. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. ChUp.

  reciting , recitation Lit. ŚāṅkhBr


  शस्त्रपूजाविधि [ śastrapūjāvidhi ] [ śastrá-pūjā-vidhi ] m. N. of wk. -1.


  शस्त्रवत् [ śastravat ] [ śastrá-vat ] m. f. n. ( for 2. see p. 1061 , col. 1.) accompanied by a Śastra Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.


 शस्त्रक [ śastraka ] [ śastraka ]1 n. = [ śastra ] 1 Lit. KātyŚr.


 शस्त्रिन् [ śastrin ] [ śastrin ]1 m. f. n. ( for :2. see p. 1061 , col. 2) reciting , a reciter Lit. ĀpŚr. Sch.


 शस्मन् [ śasman ] [ śásman ] n. invocation , praise Lit. RV.


 शस्य [ śasya ] [ śásya ]1 m. f. n. ( for 2. see p. 1061 , col. 2) to be recited or treated as a Śastra Lit. Br.

  to be praised or celebrated Lit. Kāv.

  to be wished , desirable , excellent Lit. W.

  [ śasya ] n. recitation Lit. ŚāṅkhBr.

  good quality , merit Lit. W.


शक् [ śak ] [ śak ] Root cl. [5] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxvii , 15) [ śaknoti ] (pf. [ śaśā́ka ] , [ śekúḥ ] Lit. RV. ; aor. [ áśakat ] Lit. AV. ( Ved. also Pot. [ śakeyam ] and [ śakyām ] ; Impv. [ śagdhi ] , [ śaktam ] ) ; fut. [ śaktā ] , or [ śakitā ] Gr. ; [ śakṣyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. Br. ; [ śakiṣyate ] , [ °te ] Gr. ; inf. [ -śaktave ] Lit. RV. ; [ śaktum ] or [ śakitum ] Gr.) , to be strong or powerful , be able to or capable of or competent for (with acc. dat. or loc. , rarely acc. of a verbal noun , or with an inf. in [ am ] or [ tum ] ; or with pr. p. ; e.g. with [ grahaṇāya ] or [ grahaṇe ] , " to be able to seize " ; [ vadha-nirṇekam ] [ a-śaknuvan ] , " unable to atone for slaughter " ; [ śakéma vājí no yámam ] , " may we be able to guide horses " ; [ vīkṣitum ] [ na ] [ śaknoti ] , " he is not able to see " ; [ pūrayan na śaknoti ] , " he is not able to fill " ) Lit. RV. (in these meanings ep. also [ śakyati ] , [ °te ] , with inf in [ tuṃ ] cf. Lit. Dhātup. xxvi , 78) ; to be strong or exert one's self for another (dat.) , aid , help , assist Lit. RV. vii , 67 , 5 ; 68 , 8 ; to help to (dat. of thing) Lit. ib. ii , 2 , 12 ; iv , 21 , 10 : Pass. [ śakyate ] ( ep. also [ °ti ] ) , to be overcome or subdued , succumb Lit. MBh. ; to yield , give way Lit. ib. ; to be compelled or caused by any one (instr.) to (inf.) Lit. ib. ; to be able or capable or possible or practicable (with an inf. in pass. sense e.g. [ tat kartuṃ śakyate ] , " that can be done " ; sometimes with pass. p. e.g. [ na śakyate vāryamāṇaḥ ] , " he cannot be restrained " ; or used impers. , with or with out instr. e.g. [ yadi ] ( [ tvayā ] ) [ śakyate ] , " if it can be done by thee " , " if it is possible " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. : Caus. [ śākayati ] (aor. [ aśīśakat ] ) , Gr.: Desid. see √ [ śikṣ ] . ( ( cf. accord. to some , Gk. 1 , 2 , Germ. (Hag) (Hecke) (hegen) ; (behagen) . ) ) ( 1044,1 )


 शक [ śaka ] [ śaka ]1 see [ su-śáka ] .


 शकित [ śakita ] [ śakita ] m. f. n. ( cf. Lit. Kāś. on Lit. Pāṇ. 7-2 , 17) able , capable (mostly used with [ na ] , and giving a pass. sense to the inf. e.g. [ na śakitaṃ ] [ chettum ] , it could not be cut ; also impers. e.g. [ na śakitaṃ tena ] , he was not able) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Kathās.


 शक्त [ śakta ] [ śakta ] m. f. n. able , competent for , equal to , capable of (instr. gen. dat. loc. acc. of person with [ prati ] inf. , or comp.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.


 शक्त [ śakta ] [ śakta ] m. f. n. = [ śakita ] , able to be (with inf. in a pass. sense) Lit. Kāś. on Lit. Pāṇ. 7-2 , 17

  [ śakta ] m. N. of a son of Manasyu Lit. MBh.


 शक्ति [ śakti ] [ śákti ] [ śákti ] or [ śaktí ] f. power , ability , strength , might , effort , energy , capability ( [ śaktyā ] or [ ātma-ś ] or [ sva-ś ] , " according to ability " ; [ paraṃ śaktyā ] , " with all one's might " ; [ vitta-śaktyā ] , " according to the capability of one's property " ; [ śaktim a-hāpayitvā ] , " not relaxing one's efforts , exerting all one's strength " ) , faculty , skill , capacity for , power over (gen. loc. dat. , or inf.) Lit. RV.

  effectiveness or efficacy (of a remedy) Lit. ŚārṅgS.

  regal power (consisting of three parts , [ prabhutva ] , personal pre-eminence ; [ mantra ] , good counsel , and [ utsāha ] , energy) Lit. Kām. ( cf. Lit. Ragh. iii , 13)

  the energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife and worshipped by the Śākta ( q.v.) sect of Hindūs under various names (sometimes only three , sometimes eight Śakti goddesses are enumerated , as follow , Indrāṇī , Vaishṇavī , Śāntā , Brahmāṇī , Kaumārī , Nārasiṃhī , Vārāhī , and Māheśvarī , but some substitute Cāmuṇḍā and Caṇḍikā for the third and sixth of these: according to another reckoning there are nine , viz. Vaishṇavī , Brahmāṇī , Raudrī , Māheśvarī , Nārasiṃhī , Vārāhī , Indrāṇī , Kārttikī , and Pradhānā: others reckon fifty different forms of the Śakti of Vishṇu besides Lakshmī , some of these are Kīrtti , Kānti , Tushṭi , Pushṭā , Dhṛiti , Śānti , Kriyā , Dayā , Medhā ; and fifty forms of the Śakti of Śiva or Rudra besides Durgā or Gaurī , some of whom are Guṇôdarī , Virajā , Śālmalī , Lolâkshī , Vartulâkshī , Dīrgha-ghoṇā , Sudīrgha-mukhī , Go-mukhī , Dīrgha-jihvā , Kuṇḍôdarī , Ardha-keśī , Vikṛita-mukhī , Jvālā-mukhī , Ulkāmukhī ; Sarasvatī is also named as a Śakti , both of Vishṇu and Rudra: according to the Vāyu-Purāṇa the female nature of Rudra became twofold , one half [ asita ] or white , and the other [ sita ] or black , each of these again becoming manifold , those of the white or mild nature included Lakshmī , Sarasvatī , Gaurī , Umā ; those of the dark and fierce nature , Durgā , Kālī ) Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Pur. ( cf. Lit. RTL. 181 Lit. MWB. 216)

  the female organ (as worshipped by the Śākta sect either actually or symbolically) Lit. RTL. 140

  the power or signification of a word (defined in the Nyāya as [ padasya padārthe ] [ sambandhaḥ ] i.e. " the relation of a word to the thing designated " ) Lit. Bhāshāp. Lit. Sāh.

  (in Gram.) case-power , the idea conveyed by a case (= [ kāraka ] ) Lit. Pāṇ. 2-3 , 7 Sch.

  the power or force or most effective word of a sacred text or magic formula Lit. Up. Lit. Pañcar.

  the creative power or imagination (of a poet) Lit. Kāvyâd.

  help , aid , assistance , gift , bestowal Lit. RV.

  a spear , lance , pike , dart Lit. RV. ( also [ śaktī ] g. [ bahv-ādi ] )

  a sword Lit. MW.

  (prob.) a flag-staff (see [ ratha-ś ] )

  a partic. configuration of stars and planets (when the latter are situated in the 7th , 8th , 9th , and 10th astrological house) , Lit. VarBṛS.

  [ śakti ] m. N. of a Muni or sage (the eldest of Vasishṭha's hundred sons ; accord. to Lit. VP. he was father of Parāśara , and was devoured by king Kalmāsha-pāda , when changed to a man-eating Rākshasa , in consequence of a curse pronounced upon him by the sage ; he is represented as having overcome Viśvāmitra at the sacrifice of king Saudāsa ; he is regarded as the author of Lit. RV. vii , 32 , 26 ; ix , 97 , 19-21 ; 108 , 3 ; 14-16 ; Śakti is also identified with one of the Vyāsas , and with Avalokitêśvara , and has elsewhere the patr. Jātūkarṇa and Sāṃkṛiti) Lit. Pravar. Lit. MBh.


  शक्तिकर [ śaktikara ] [ śákti-kara ] m. f. n. producing strength Lit. Cāṇ.


  शक्तिकुण्ठन [ śaktikuṇṭhana ] [ śákti-kuṇṭhana ] n. the deadening or blunting of a faculty Lit. MW.


  शक्तिकुमार [ śaktikumāra ] [ śákti-kumāra ] m. N. of a prince Lit. Inscr.

   of a man , Diś.

   of a poet Lit. Cat.

   [ śaktikumārī ] f. N. of a woman Lit. Vcar.


  शक्तिकुमारक [ śaktikumāraka ] [ śákti-kumāraka ] m. N. of a man Lit. Inscr.


  शक्तिगण [ śaktigaṇa ] [ śákti-gaṇa ] m. the company or assemblage of Śaktis (see col.2) Lit. MW.


  शक्तिग्रह [ śaktigraha ] [ śákti-graha ] m. f. n. ( only Lit. L.) ( cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 3-2 , 9 Vārtt. 1 Lit. Pat.) holding a spear or lance

   taking hold of the force or meaning (of a word or sentence )

   [ śaktigraha ] m. a spearman , lancer

   N. of Kārttikeya and Śiva

   perception or apprehension of the force or sense (of a word )


  शक्तिग्राहक [ śaktigrāhaka ] [ śákti-grāhaka ] m. who or what causes to apprehend the force or signification (of a word or phrase) , determining or establishing the meaning of words (as a dictionary , grammar ) Lit. MW.

   = [ -graha ] Lit. ib.


  शक्तिज [ śaktija ] [ śákti-ja ] m. f. n. born from Śakti Lit. ib.

   [ śaktija ] m. a son of Śiva Lit. ib.


  शक्तिजागर [ śaktijāgara ] [ śákti-jāgara ] m. N. of a Tāntric wk.


  शक्तिजामल [ śaktijāmala ] [ śákti-jāmala ] w.r. for [ -yāmala ] .


  शक्तिज्ञ [ śaktijña ] [ śákti-jña ] m. f. n. one who knows his powers Lit. MBh.


  शक्तितन्त्र [ śaktitantra ] [ śákti-tantra ] n. N. of a Tantra.


  शक्तितस् [ śaktitas ] [ śákti-tas ] ind. in consequence or by reason of power or strength Lit. Kap. Lit. Sāṃkhyak.

   according to power , to the best of one's ability Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.


  शक्तिता [ śaktitā ] [ śákti-tā ] f. (ifc.) power , capacity , faculty Lit. BhP.


  शक्तित्रय [ śaktitraya ] [ śákti-traya ] n. the three constituents of regal power (see col.2) Lit. ib.


  शक्तित्व [ śaktitva ] [ śákti-tva ] n. (ifc.) = [ -tā ] Lit. Suśr.


  शक्तिदत्त [ śaktidatta ] [ śákti-datta ] m. N. of a man Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिदास [ śaktidāsa ] [ śákti-dāsa ] m. N. of the author of the Māyā-bījakalpa Lit. ib.


  शक्तिदेव [ śaktideva ] [ śákti-deva ] m. N. of a Brāhman Lit. Kathās.

   of an author of Mantras Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिद्वयवत् [ śaktidvayavat ] [ śákti-dvaya-vat ] m. f. n. endowed with two powers or faculties Lit. Vedântas.


  शक्तिधर [ śaktidhara ] [ śákti-dhara ] m. f. n. bearing or holding a spear Lit. VarBṛS.

   [ śaktidhara ] m. " spearman " , N. of a warrior Lit. Hit. (v.l. [ śaktivara ] )

   of Skanda Lit. Hariv. Lit. BhP. ( cf. [ kanaka-śakti ] )

   of an author of Mantras Lit. Cat.

   of a Tāntric teacher Lit. ib.


  शक्तिधृक् [ śaktidhṛk ] [ śákti-dhṛk ] m. f. n. bearing a spear Lit. MW.


  शक्तिध्वज [ śaktidhvaja ] [ śákti-dhvaja ] m. " having a spear for emblem " , N. of Skanda Lit. Daś.


  शक्तिनाथ [ śaktinātha ] [ śákti-nātha ] m. " lord of Śakti " , N. of Śiva , Lit. Mālatīm.


  शक्तिन्यास [ śaktinyāsa ] [ śákti-nyāsa ] m. N. of a Tāntric wk.


  शक्तिपर्ण [ śaktiparṇa ] [ śákti-parṇa ] m. Alstonia Scholaris Lit. L.


  शक्तिपाणि [ śaktipāṇi ] [ śákti-pāṇi ] m. " spear-handed " , N. of Skanda Lit. Kālac.


  शक्तिपात [ śaktipāta ] [ śákti-pāta ] m. prostration of strength Lit. MW.


  शक्तिपुत्र [ śaktiputra ] [ śákti-putra ] m. " son of Śiva " , N. of Skanda Lit. L.


  शक्तिपूजक [ śaktipūjaka ] [ śákti-pūjaka ] m. a Śakti-worshipper , a Śākta Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिपूजा [ śaktipūjā ] [ śákti-pūjā ] f. Śakti-worship Lit. MW.

   N. of wk.


  शक्तिपूर्व [ śaktipūrva ] [ śákti-pūrva ] m. " having Śakti for a forefather " , patr. of Parāśara Lit. VarBṛS.


  शक्तिप्रकर्ष [ śaktiprakarṣa ] [ śákti-prakarṣa ] m. f. n. possessing superior capacity or power Lit. MW.


  शक्तिप्रकाशबोधिनी [ śaktiprakāśabodhinī ] [ śákti-prakāśa-bodhinī ] f. N. of wk.


  शक्तिबोध [ śaktibodha ] [ śákti-bodha ] m. N. of wk.


  शक्तिभद्र [ śaktibhadra ] [ śákti-bhadra ] m. N. of an author Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिभृत् [ śaktibhṛt ] [ śákti-bhṛt ] m. f. n. bearing power , powerful , Lit. VarBṛS.

   " spear-holder " , N. of Skanda Lit. L.

   a spearman Lit. W.


  शक्तिभेद [ śaktibheda ] [ śákti-bheda ] m. difference of power Lit. MW.

   a special capacity Lit. ib.


  शक्तिभैरवतन्त्र [ śaktibhairavatantra ] [ śákti-bhairava-tantra ] n. N. of a Tantra.


  शक्तिमत् [ śaktimat ] [ śákti-mat ] m. f. n. possessed of ability , powerful , mighty , able to (inf. or loc.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

   possessing a competence , one who has gained a fortune Lit. MW.

   possessed of or united with his Sakti or energy (as a god) Lit. Kathās.

   armed with a spear or lance Lit. Hariv.

   [ śaktimat ] m. N. of a mountain ( prob. w.r. for [ śukti-mat ] ) Lit. MBh.

   [ śaktimatī ] f. N. of a woman , Lit. Kathās.


   शक्तिमत्त्व [ śaktimattva ] [ śákti-mat--tva ] n. power , might Lit. Ragh.


  शक्तिमय [ śaktimaya ] [ śákti-maya ] m. f. n. consisting of or produced from a Śakti Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिमोक्ष [ śaktimokṣa ] [ śákti-mokṣa ] m. " loss of strength " and " hurling a spear " Lit. Vās.


  शक्तियशस् [ śaktiyaśas ] [ śákti-yaśas ] f. N. of a Vidyādharī and of the 10th Lambaka of the Kathā-sarit-sāgara (named after her) .


  शक्तियामल [ śaktiyāmala ] [ śákti-yāmala ] n. N. of a Tantra.


  शक्तिरक्षित [ śaktirakṣita ] [ śákti-rakṣita ] m. N. of a king of the Kirātas Lit. Kathās.


  शक्तिरक्षितक [ śaktirakṣitaka ] [ śákti-rakṣitaka ] m. N. of a king of the Kirātas Lit. Kathās.


  शक्तिरत्नाकर [ śaktiratnākara ] [ śákti-ratnākara ] m. " jewel-mine of Śakti " , N. of a wk. on the mystical worship of Śakti or Durgā.


  शक्तिवनमाहात्म्य [ śaktivanamāhātmya ] [ śákti-vana-māhātmya ] n. N. of a ch. of the Lit. BhavP.


  शक्तिवर [ śaktivara ] [ śákti-vara ] see [ -dhara ] .


  शक्तिवल्लभ [ śaktivallabha ] [ śákti-vallabha ] m. N. of an author Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिवाद [ śaktivāda ] [ śákti-vāda ] m. " assertion of Śakti doctrine " , N. of a phil. wk. by Gadādhara-bhaṭṭâcārya


   शक्तिवादकलिका [ śaktivādakalikā ] [ śákti-vāda--kalikā ] f. N. of wk.


   शक्तिवादटीका [ śaktivādaṭīkā ] [ śákti-vāda--ṭīkā ] f. N. of wk.


   शक्तिवादरहस्य [ śaktivādarahasya ] [ śákti-vāda--rahasya ] n. N. of wk.


   शक्तिवादविवरण [ śaktivādavivaraṇa ] [ śákti-vāda--vivaraṇa ] n. N. of wk.


   शक्तिवादार्थदीपिका [ śaktivādārthadīpikā ] [ śákti-vādārtha-dīpikā ] f. N. of wk.


  शक्तिवादिन् [ śaktivādin ] [ śákti-vādin ] m. one who asserts the Śakti-doctrine , an adherent of Śiva-doctrine , a Śākta Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिविचार [ śaktivicāra ] [ śákti-vicāra ] m. N. of a phil. wk. (= [ -vāda ] ) .


  शक्तिविजयस्तुति [ śaktivijayastuti ] [ śákti-vijaya-stuti ] f. N. of wk.


  शक्तिविजयस्वामिस्तोत्र [ śaktivijayasvāmistotra ] [ śákti-vijaya-svāmi-stotra ] n. N. of wk.


  शक्तिविषय [ śaktiviṣaya ] [ śakti-viṣaya ] m. the range of possibility ( [ e ] , "if possible" ), lb.


  शक्तिवीर [ śaktivīra ] [ śákti-vīra ] m. (in Śakti worship) the man who has intercourse with the woman representing Śakti Lit. W.


  शक्तिवेग [ śaktivega ] [ śákti-vega ] m. N. of a Vidyādhara Lit. Kathās.


  शक्तिवैकल्य [ śaktivaikalya ] [ śákti-vaikalya ] n. deficiency of power or strength , incapacity , debility Lit. W.


  शक्तिवैभविक [ śaktivaibhavika ] [ śákti-vaibhavika ] m. f. n. endowed with power and efficacy Lit. MārkP.


  शक्तिशोधन [ śaktiśodhana ] [ śákti-śodhana ] n. " purification of Śakti " , a ceremony performed with the woman representing Śakti Lit. W.


  शक्तिष्ठ [ śaktiṣṭha ] [ śákti-ṣṭha ] ( for [ -stha ] ) m. f. n. potent , mighty Lit. L.


  शक्तिसंगमतन्त्र [ śaktisaṃgamatantra ] [ śákti-saṃgama-tantra ] n. N. of Tāntric wk.


  शक्तिसंगमामृत [ śaktisaṃgamāmṛta ] [ śákti-saṃgamāmṛta ] n. N. of Tāntric wk.


  शक्तिसिंह [ śaktisiṃha ] [ śákti-siṃha ] m. N. of a man Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिसिद्धान्त [ śaktisiddhānta ] [ śákti-siddhānta ] m. N. of wk.


  शक्तिसेन [ śaktisena ] [ śákti-sena ] m. N. of a man Lit. Rājat. vi , 216.


  शक्तिस्तोत्र [ śaktistotra ] [ śákti-stotra ] n. N. of a Stotra.


  शक्तिस्वामिन् [ śaktisvāmin ] [ śákti-svāmin ] m. N. of a minister of Muktâpīḍa Lit. Cat.


  शक्तिहर [ śaktihara ] [ śákti-hara ] m. f. n. depriving of strength Lit. Cāṇ.


  शक्तिहस्त [ śaktihasta ] [ śákti-hasta ] m. = [ -pāṇi ] Lit. Kālac.


  शक्तिहीन [ śaktihīna ] [ śákti-hīna ] m. f. n. powerless impotent Lit. Hit.


  शक्तिहेतिक [ śaktihetika ] [ śákti-hetika ] m. f. n. armed with a spear or lance Lit. L.


 शक्तिन् [ śaktin ] [ śaktin ]1 m. f. n. (prob.) furnished with a flag-staff Lit. MBh. ( cf. [ ratha-śakti ] ) .


 शक्तिन् [ śaktin ] [ śaktin ]2 m. N. of a man (= [ śakti ] , m.) Lit. MBh.


 शक्तीवत् [ śaktīvat ] [ śaktī-vat ] m. f. n. ( cf. [ śakti ] ) " powerful " or " helpful " Lit. RV. Lit. TBr.


 शक्त्य् [ śakty ] [ śakty ] in comp. for [ śakti ] .


  शक्त्यपेक्ष [ śaktyapekṣa ] [ śakty-apekṣa ] m. f. n. having regard or reference to ability , according to power or capacity Lit. MW.


  शक्त्यर्ध [ śaktyardha ] [ śakty-ardha ] m. " half-strength " , a partic. stage of exhaustion (perspiring or panting with fatigue) Lit. L.


  शक्त्यवर [ śaktyavara ] [ śakty-avara ] m. f. n. junior to Śakti Lit. MW.


 शक्न [ śakna ] [ śakna ] m. f. n. kind or pleasant in speech (= [ priyaṃ-vada ] ) Lit. L.


 शक्नु [ śaknu ] [ śaknu ] m. f. n. kind or pleasant in speech (= [ priyaṃ-vada ] ) Lit. L.


 शक्नुवान [ śaknuvāna ] [ śaknuvāna ] see [ a-ś ] .


 शक्मन् [ śakman ] [ śákman ] n. power , strength , capacity Lit. RV.

  energy , action Lit. ib.

  [ śakman ] m. N. of Indra Lit. L.


 शक्य [ śakya ] [ śakya ] m. f. n. able , possible , practicable , capable of being (with inf. in pass. sense e.g. [ na sā śakyā netum balāt ] , " she cannot be conducted by force " ; [ tan mayā śakyam pratśpattum ] , " that is able to be acquired by me " ; the form [ śakyam ] may also be used with a nom. case which is in a different gender or number e.g. [ śakyaṃ śva-māṃsādibhir api kṣut pratihantum ] , " hunger can be appeased even by dog's flesh " ; cf. Lit. Vām. v , 2 , 25) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  to be conquered or subdued , liable to be compelled to (inf.) Lit. MBh.

  explicit , direct , literal ( as the meaning of a word or sentence , opp. to [ lakṣya ] and [ vyaṅgya ] ) Lit. Alaṃkāraś.


  शक्यतम [ śakyatama ] [ śakya-tama ] m. f. n. most possible , very practicable (with inf. in a pass. sense) Lit. Hit. iii , 115 (v.l.)


  शक्यता [ śakyatā ] [ śakya-tā ] f. possibility , practicability , capacity , capability Lit. Sarvad. ( [ -tāvacchedaka ] n. = [ śakyāṃśe ] [ bhāsamāna-dharmaḥ ] Lit. L.)


   शक्यतावच्छेदक [ śakyatāvacchedaka ] [ śakya-tāvacchedaka ] n. , see [ śakyatā ] , = [ śakyāṃśe bhāsamāna-dharmaḥ ] Lit. L.


  शक्यत्व [ śakyatva ] [ śakya-tva ] n. possibility , practicability , capacity , capability Lit. Sarvad.


  शक्यप्रतिकार [ śakyapratikāra ] [ śakya-pratikāra ] m. f. n. capable of being remedied , remediable Lit. Kathās. ( [ apr ] )

   [ śakyapratikāra ] m. a possible remedy or counter-agent Lit. W.


  शक्यरूप [ śakyarūpa ] [ śakya-rūpa ] m. f. n. possible to be (inf. in pass. sense) Lit. MBh. xii , 2613.


  शक्यशङ्क [ śakyaśaṅka ] [ śakya-śaṅka ] m. f. n. liable to be doubted , admitting of doubt Lit. Sarvad.


  शक्यसामन्तता [ śakyasāmantatā ] [ śakya-sāmantatā ] f. the state of being able to conquer neighbouring kings Lit. Kām.


 शक्र [ śakra ] [ śakrá ] m. f. n. strong , powerful , mighty (applied to various gods , but esp. to Indra) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. TBr. Lit. Lāṭy.

  [ śakra ] m. N. of Indra Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  of an Āditya Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

  of the number " fourteen " Lit. Gaṇit.

  Wrightia Antidysenterica Lit. L.

  Terminalia Arjuna Lit. L.


  शक्रकार्मुक [ śakrakārmuka ] [ śakrá-kārmuka ] n. " Indra's bow " , the rainbow Lit. VarBṛS.


  शक्रकष्ठा [ śakrakaṣṭhā ] [ śakrá-káṣṭhā ] f. " Indra's quarter " , the east Lit. Dhūrtan.


  शक्रकुमारिका [ śakrakumārikā ] [ śakrá-kumārikā ] ( Lit. KālP.) ( Lit. VarBṛS.) f. a small flag-staff used with Indra's banner Lit. VarBṛS.


  शक्रकुमारी [ śakrakumārī ] [ śakrá-kumārī ] ( Lit. VarBṛS.) f. a small flag-staff used with Indra's banner Lit. VarBṛS.


  शक्रकेतु [ śakraketu ] [ śakrá-ketu ] m. Indra's banner Lit. ib.


  शक्रक्रीडाचल [ śakrakrīḍācala ] [ śakrá-krīḍācala ] m. " Indra's pleasure. mountain " N. of the mountain Meru Lit. L.


  शक्रगोप [ śakragopa ] [ śakrá-gopa ] m. the cochineal insect ( cf. [ indra-g ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.


  शक्रगोपक [ śakragopaka ] [ śakrá-gopaka ] m. the cochineal insect ( cf. [ indra-g ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.


  शक्रचाप [ śakracāpa ] [ śakrá-cāpa ] n. = [ -kārmuka ] Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.


   शक्रचापसमुद्भवा [ śakracāpasamudbhavā ] [ śakrá-cāpa--samudbhavā ] f. a kind of cucumber Lit. L.


   शक्रचापाय [ śakracāpāya ] [ śakrá-cāpāya ] Nom. Ā. [ °yate ] , to represent a rainbow Lit. Hariv.


  शक्रज [ śakraja ] [ śakrá-ja ] m. " Indra-born " , a cow Lit. L.


  शक्रजनित्री [ śakrajanitrī ] [ śakrá-janitrī ] f. " Indra's mother " , N. of the largest flag-staff used with Indra's banner Lit. VarBṛS.


  शक्रजात [ śakrajāta ] [ śakrá-jāta ] m. = [ -ja ] Lit. L.


  शक्रजानु [ śakrajānu ] [ śakrá-jānu ] m. N. of a monkey Lit. R.


  शक्रजाल [ śakrajāla ] [ śakrá-jāla ] n. magic , sorcery Lit. Kālac.


  शक्रजित् [ śakrajit ] [ śakrá-jit ] m. " Indra's conqueror " , N. of the son of Rāvaṇa (his first name was Megha-nāda , but after his victory over Indra , described in the Rāmâyaṇa , Uttara-kāṇḍa Lit. xxxiv , it was changed by Brahmā to Śakra-jit = Indra-jit q.v. ; he was killed by Lakshmaṇa) Lit. R. Lit. Ragh.

   of a king Lit. VP.


  शक्रतरु [ śakrataru ] [ śakrá-taru ] m. a species of plant (= [ vijayā ] ) Lit. L.


  शक्रतेजस् [ śakratejas ] [ śakrá-tejas ] m. f. n. glorious or vigorous like Indra Lit. Bhag.


  शक्रत्व [ śakratva ] [ śakrá-tva ] n. Indra's power or dignity Lit. MBh.


  शक्रदन्तिन् [ śakradantin ] [ śakrá-dantin ] m. Indra's elephant (called Airāvata) Lit. Śiś.


  शक्रदिश् [ śakradiś ] [ śakrá-diś ] f. = [ -kāṣṭhā ] Lit. Kāv. Lit. VarBṛS.


  शक्रदेव [ śakradeva ] [ śakrá-deva ] m. N. of a king of the Kaliṅgas Lit. MBh.

   of a son of Sṛigāla Lit. Hariv.

   of a poet Lit. Cat.


  शक्रदेवता [ śakradevatā ] [ śakrá-devatā ] f. N. of a partic. night of new moon Lit. MBh.


  शक्रदैवत [ śakradaivata ] [ śakrá-daivata ] n. " having Indra as deity " , N. of the Nakshatra Jyeshṭhā Lit. VarBṛS. .


  शक्रद्रुम [ śakradruma ] [ śakrá-druma ] m. Pinus Deodora Lit. L.

   Mimusops Elengi Lit. L.

   Terminalia Arjuna Lit. L.


  शक्रधनुस् [ śakradhanus ] [ śakrá-dhanus ] n. = [ -kārmuka ] Lit. MBh. Lit. R.


  शक्रध्वज [ śakradhvaja ] [ śakrá-dhvaja ] m. Indra's banner Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. VarBṛS.


   शक्रध्वजतरु [ śakradhvajataru ] [ śakrá-dhvaja--taru ] m. id. Lit. Hariv.


   शक्रध्वजोत्सव [ śakradhvajotsava ] [ śakrá-dhvajotsava ] m. = [ śakrotsava ] Lit. MW.


  शक्रनन्दन [ śakranandana ] [ śakrá-nandana ] m. " Indra's son " patr. of Arjuna Lit. L.


  शक्रपर्याय [ śakraparyāya ] [ śakrá-paryāya ] m. Wrightia Antidysenterica Lit. L.


  शक्रपात [ śakrapāta ] [ śakrá-pāta ] m. the lowering of Indra's flag Lit. Yājñ.


  शक्रपाद [ śakrapāda ] [ śakrá-pāda ] m. the foot of Indra's banner , Lit. VarYogay.


  शक्रपादप [ śakrapādapa ] [ śakrá-pādapa ] m. Pinus Deodora Lit. L.

   Wrightia Antidysenterica Lit. L.


  शक्रपुर [ śakrapura ] [ śakrá-pura ] n. ( Lit. Kull.) Indra's town.


  शक्रपुरी [ śakrapurī ] [ śakrá-purī ] f. ( Lit. Kathās.) Indra's town.


  शक्रपुष्पिका [ śakrapuṣpikā ] [ śakrá-puṣpikā ] f. Menispermum Cordifolium Lit. L.


  शक्रपुष्पी [ śakrapuṣpī ] [ śakrá-puṣpī ] f. Menispermum Cordifolium Lit. L.


  शक्रप्रस्थ [ śakraprastha ] [ śakrá-prastha ] n. N. of ancient Delhi ( = [ indra-prastha ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP.


  शक्रबाणासन [ śakrabāṇāsana ] [ śakrá-bāṇāsana ] n. = [ -kārmuka ] Lit. R.


  शक्रबीज [ śakrabīja ] [ śakrá-bīja ] n. the seed of Wrightia Antidysenterica Lit. L.


  शक्रभक्ष [ śakrabhakṣa ] [ śakrá-bhakṣa ] m. or n. = [ śakrāśana ] Lit. Kautukas.


   शक्रभक्षभक्षक [ śakrabhakṣabhakṣaka ] [ śakrá-bhakṣa--bhakṣaka ] m. an eater of lowering's food Lit. ib.


   शक्रभक्षमख [ śakrabhakṣamakha ] [ śakrá-bhakṣa--makha ] m. a festival in honour of the plant called " Indra's food " Lit. ib.


   शक्रभक्षमखोत्सव [ śakrabhakṣamakhotsava ] [ śakrá-bhakṣa--makhotsava ] m. a festival in honour of the plant called " Indra's food " Lit. ib.


  शक्रभवन [ śakrabhavana ] [ śakrá-bhavana ] n. Indra's heaven , Svarga or paradise , I-.


  शक्रभिद् [ śakrabhid ] [ śakrá-bhid ] m. = [ -jit ] Lit. L.


  शक्रभुवन [ śakrabhuvana ] [ śakrá-bhuvana ] n. = [ -bhavana ] Lit. W.


  शक्रभूभवा [ śakrabhūbhavā ] [ śakrá-bhūbhavā ] f. Cucumis Coloquintida Lit. L.


  शक्रभूरुह [ śakrabhūruha ] [ śakrá-bhūruha ] m. = [ -vṛkṣa ] Lit. L.


  शक्रमातृ [ śakramātṛ ] [ śakrá-mātṛ ] f. Clerodendrum Siphonantus Lit. L.


  शक्रमातृका [ śakramātṛkā ] [ śakrá-mātṛkā ] f. = [ -janitrī ] , Lit. KālP.


  शक्रमूर्धन् [ śakramūrdhan ] [ śakrá-mūrdhan ] m. Indra's head , an ant-hill Lit. L.


  शक्रयव [ śakrayava ] [ śakrá-yava ] m. = [ -bīja ] Lit. Suśr.


  शक्रयशोविध्वंसन [ śakrayaśovidhvaṃsana ] [ śakrá-yaśo-vidhvaṃsana ] n. N. of a ch. of Lit. GaṇP. ii.


  शक्ररूप [ śakrarūpa ] [ śakrá-rūpa ] m. f. n. having the form of lowering Lit. MW.


  शक्रलोक [ śakraloka ] [ śakrá-loka ] m. = [ -bhavana ] Lit. Mn. Lit. R.


   शक्रलोकभाज् [ śakralokabhāj ] [ śakrá-loka--bhāj ] m. f. n. sharing Indra's heaven or paradise Lit. MW.


  शक्रवल्ली [ śakravallī ] [ śakrá-vallī ] f. colocynth Lit. L.


  शक्रवापिन् [ śakravāpin ] [ śakrá-vāpin ] m. N. of a serpent-demon Lit. MBh.


  शक्रवाहन [ śakravāhana ] [ śakrá-vāhana ] m. " Indra's vehicle " , a cloud Lit. L.


  शक्रवृक्ष [ śakravṛkṣa ] [ śakrá-vṛkṣa ] m. Wrightia Antidysenterica Lit. L.


  शक्रशरासन [ śakraśarāsana ] [ śakrá-śarāsana ] n. = [ -kārmuka ] Lit. L.


   शक्रशरासनाय [ śakraśarāsanāya ] [ śakrá-śarāsanāya ] Nom. P. [ °yate ] ( [ °yita ] n. impers.) to represent a rainbow Lit. Dhanaicj.


  शक्रशाखिन् [ śakraśākhin ] [ śakrá-śākhin ] m. = [ -vṛkṣa ] Lit. Bhpr.


  शक्रशाला [ śakraśālā ] [ śakrá-śālā ] f. " lowering's hall " , a place or room prepared for sacrifices Lit. L.


  शक्रशिरस् [ śakraśiras ] [ śakrá-śiras ] n. = [ -mūrdhan ] Lit. L.


  शक्रसदस् [ śakrasadas ] [ śakrá-sadas ] n. lowering's seat or place Lit. MBh.


  शक्रसारथि [ śakrasārathi ] [ śakrá-sārathi ] m. Indra's charioteer Mātali Lit. L.


  शक्रसुत [ śakrasuta ] [ śakrá-suta ] m. " Indra's son " , N. of the monkey Vālin Lit. L.

   of Arjuna ( cf. [ -nandana ] ) Lit. W.


  शक्रसुधा [ śakrasudhā ] [ śakrá-sudhā ] f. " Indra's nectar " , gum olibanum Lit. L.


  शक्रसृष्टा [ śakrasṛṣṭā ] [ śakrá-sṛṣṭā ] f. " Indra-created " , Terminalia Chebula or yellow myrobalan (fabled to have sprung from the ground on which Indra spilt a drop of nectar) Lit. L.


  शक्रस्तुति [ śakrastuti ] [ śakrá-stuti ] f. N. of wk.


  शक्राख्य [ śakrākhya ] [ śakrākhya ] m. " Indra.named " , an owl ( cf. [ ulūka ] and Lit. Vām. ii , 1 , 13) Lit. L.


  शक्राग्नि [ śakrāgni ] [ śakrāgni ] m. du. Indra and Agni (lords of the Nakshatra Viśākhā) Lit. VarBṛS.


  शक्रात्मज [ śakrātmaja ] [ śakrātmaja ] m. " Indra's son " , N. of Arjuna Lit. MBh.


  शक्रादन [ śakrādana ] [ śakrādana ] n. = [ śakra-taru ] Lit. L.


  शक्रादित्य [ śakrāditya ] [ śakrāditya ] m. N. of a king Lit. Buddh.


  शक्रानलाख्य [ śakrānalākhya ] [ śakrānalākhya ] m. f. n. called Indra and Agni (ibc.) Lit. VarBṛS. ( cf. [ śakrāgni ] ) .


  शक्राभिलग्नरत्न [ śakrābhilagnaratna ] [ śakrābhilagna-ratna ] n. a partic. gem Lit. L.


  शक्रायुध [ śakrāyudha ] [ śakrāyudha ] n. = [ sakra-kārmuka ] Lit. R. Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. MārkP.


  शक्रारि [ śakrāri ] [ śakrāri ] m. " Indra's enemy " , N. of Kṛishṇa Lit. Pañcar.


  शक्रावतारतीर्थ [ śakrāvatāratīrtha ] [ śakrāvatā́ra-tīrtha ] n. N. of a place of pilgrimage Lit. Siṃhâs.


  शक्रावर्त [ śakrāvarta ] [ śakrāvarta ] m. id. Lit. MBh.


  शक्राशन [ śakrāśana ] [ śakrāśana ] m. " Indra's food " , the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (fabled to have sprung from the drops of Amṛita which fell to the ground from the bodies of Rāma's monkeys restored to life by Indra) Lit. L.

   [ śakrāśana ] n. the seed of Wrightia Antidysenterica Lit. L.

   an intoxicating drink prepared from hemp (= [ bhaṅgā ] ) Lit. Hāsy. Lit. Kautukas. ( cf. [ indrāśana ] )


   शक्राशनकानन [ śakrāśanakānana ] [ śakrāśana--kānana ] n. a wood or garden in which hemp grows Lit. ib.


   शक्राशनवाटिका [ śakrāśanavāṭikā ] [ śakrāśana--vāṭikā ] f. a wood or garden in which hemp grows Lit. ib.


   शक्राशनविपिन [ śakrāśanavipina ] [ śakrāśana--vipina ] n. a wood or garden in which hemp grows Lit. ib.


  शक्रासन [ śakrāsana ] [ śakrāsana ] n. Indra's throne Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.


  शक्राह्व [ śakrāhva ] [ śakrāhva ] m. (?) the seed of Wrightia Antidysenterica Lit. L.


  शक्रेश्वरतीर्थ [ śakreśvaratīrtha ] [ śakreśvara-tīrtha ] n. N. of a Tīrtha Lit. Cat.


  शक्रोत्थान [ śakrotthāna ] [ śakrotthāna ] n. the raising up of Indra's banner , = next Lit. Cat. ( also [ °notsava ] m. Lit. VP.)


   शक्रोत्थानोत्सव [ śakrotthānotsava ] [ śakrotthānotsava ] m. , see [ śakrotthāna ] , Lit. VP.


  शक्रोत्सव [ śakrotsava ] [ śakrotsava ] m. " Indra-festival " , a festival in honour of lowering on the twelfth day of the light half of Bhādra ( when a flag or banner was set up ; cf. [ dhvajotthāna ] and [ śakra-dhvajotsava ] ) Lit. MBh.


 शक्राणी [ śakrāṇī ] [ śakrāṇī ] f. N. of Śacī (wife of Indra) Lit. MBh.


 शक्रि [ śakri ] [ śakri ] m. ( only Lit. L.) a cloud

  a thunderbolt

  an elephant

  a mountain.


 शक्रु [ śakru ] [ śakru ] m. N. of a man Lit. VP.


 शक्ल [ śakla ] [ śakla ]1 m. f. n. ( for 2. see p. 1047 , col. 1.) speaking pleasantly or kindly , affable Lit. L. ( cf. [ śakna ] ) .


 शक्वन् [ śakvan ] [ śákvan ] m. f. n. powerful , able , mighty Lit. VS.

  [ śakvan ] m. an artificer Lit. ŚBr.

  an elephant Lit. L.

  [ śakvarī ] f. see below.


 शक्वर [ śakvara ] [ śakvara ] m. a bull Lit. Hcar. Lit. Kām. Sch.

  [ śakvarā ] f. gravel Lit. L. ( prob. w.r. for [ śarkarā ] ) .


 शक्वरी [ śakvarī ] [ śákvarī ] f. pl. ( wrongly written [ śakkarī ] or [ śarkarī ] ) N. of partic. verses or hymns (esp. of the Mahānāmnī verses belonging to the Śākvara-Sāman) Lit. RPrāt. Lit. Gobh.

  a partic. metre ( in Vedic texts of 7 x 8 syllables , and therefore called [ sapta-padā ] , later any metre of 4 x 14 syllables e.g. the Vasanta-tilaka q.v.) Lit. TS. Lit. Kāṭh. Lit. ChUp.

  pl. water Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. Gobh.

  du. the arms Lit. Naigh. ii , 4

  sg. a cow Lit. AV. Lit. PañcavBr. ( cf. Lit. Naigh. ii , 11)

  a finger Lit. L.

  a river Lit. Uṇ. iv , 112 Sch.

  N. of a river Lit. L.

  a girdle , Lit. Kāvyâd. iii , 149.


  शक्वरीत्व [ śakvarītva ] [ śákvarī-tvá ] n. the state or condition of being a Śakvarī verse Lit. MaitrS.


  शक्वरीपृष्ठ [ śakvarīpṛṣṭha ] [ śákvarī-pṛṣṭha ] m. f. n. having the Śakvarī verses for a Pṛishṭha ( q.v.) Lit. Lāṭy.


 शग्म [ śagma ] [ śagmá ] m. f. n. powerful , mighty , strong , effective (others " helpful , kind , friendly " ) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. Br. Lit. Kauś.


 शग्मन् [ śagman ] [ śágman ] n. v.l. for [ śākma ] , Lit. i Lit. Naigh. ii , 1.


 शग्म्य [ śagmya ] [ śagmyá ] m. f. n. = [ śagma ] Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr.


शक [ śaka ] [ śáka ]2 n. excrement , ordure , dung ( cf. [ śakan ] , Lit. i , [ śakṛt ] ) Lit. AV.

water (v.l. for [ kaśa ] ) Lit. Naigh. i , 12

[ śaka ] m. a kind of animal Lit. Pañcar. (v.l. [ śala ] )

w.r. for [ śuka ] Lit. MBh. xiii , 2835

[ śakā ] f. a kind of bird or fly or long-eared animal Lit. VS. Lit. TS. (Sch.)


  शकधूम [ śakadhūma ] [ śáka-dhū́ma ] m. the smoke of burnt or burning cow-dung Lit. AV.

   (prob.) N. of a Nakshatra Lit. ib.

   a priest who augurs by means of cow-dung Lit. Kauś.


   शकधूमज [ śakadhūmaja ] [ śáka-dhū́ma--já ] m. f. n. produced or born from cow-dung Lit. AV.


   शकधूमजा [ śakadhūmajā ] [ śáka-dhū́ma--jā́ ] m. f. n. produced or born from cow-dung Lit. AV.


  शकंधि [ śakaṃdhi ] [ śáka-ṃ-dhi ] m. N. of a man g. [ śubhrādhi ] .


  शकपिण्ड [ śakapiṇḍa ] [ śáka-piṇḍa ] m. a lump of dung Lit. VS.


  शकपूण [ śakapūṇa ] [ śáka-pūṇa ] m. ( fr. √ [ pūṇ ] ?) N. of a man ( cf. [ śākapūṇi ] ) .


  शकपूत [ śakapūta ] [ śáka-pūta ] ( [ śáka- ] ) m. f. n. " purified with cow-dung " , N. of the author of Lit. RV. x , 132 (having the patr. Nārmedha.) Lit. Anukr.


  शकबलि [ śakabali ] [ śáka-bali ] ( [ śáka- ] ) m. an oblation of cow-dung Lit. AV.


  शकमय [ śakamaya ] [ śáka-máya ] m. f. n. consisting of or arising from excrement Lit. RV.


  शकम्भर [ śakambhara ] [ śáka-m-bhará ] m. f. n. bearing dung or ordure Lit. AV.


  शकलोट [ śakaloṭa ] [ śáka-loṭa ] m. (√ [ luṭ ] ) = [ śālūka ] , a lotus-root Lit. Gobh. (Sch. ; accord. to some = [ śaka-loṣṭa ] , " a lump or ball of cow-dung " )


  शकहू [ śakahū ] [ śáka- ] m. f. n. Lit. Pat.


  शकैध [ śakaidha ] [ śakaidha ] m. a fire (made) with the excrement of animals Lit. ĀpŚr.


 शकन्धु [ śakandhu ] [ śakandhu ] n. ( perhaps for [ śakan-andhu ] ) a dung-well (?) Lit. Pāṇ. 6-1 , 94 Vārtt. 4.


शक [ śaka ] [ śaka ]3 m. pl. N. of a partic. white-skinned tribe or race of people (in the legends which relate the contests between Vasishṭha and Viśvāmitra the Śakas are fabled to have been produced by the Cow of Vasishṭha , from her sweat , for the destruction of Viśvāmitra's army ; in Lit. Mn. x , 44 , they are mentioned together with the Pauṇḍrakas , Oḍras , Draviḍas , Kāmbojas , Javanas or Yavanas , Pāradas , Pahlavas , Cīnas , Kirātas , Daradas , and Khaśas , described by Lit. Kull. as degraded tribes of Kshatriyas called after the districts in which they reside: according to the Lit. VP. iv , 3, king Sagara attempted to rid his kingdom of these tribes , but did not succeed in destroying them all : they are sometimes regarded as the followers of Śaka or Śāli-vāhana , and are probably to be identified with the Tartars or Indo-Scythians ( Lat. Sacae ) who overran India before the Āryans , and were conquered by the great Vikramâditya ( q.v. ) ; they really seem to have been dominant in the north-west of India in the last century before and the first two centuries after the beginning of our era) Lit. AV.Pariś. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

a king of the Śakas g. [ kambojādi ] ( on Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 175 Vārtt.)

an era , epoch ( cf. [ -kāla ] )

a year (of any era) Lit. Inscr.

a partic. fragrant substance Lit. Gal.


  शककर्तृ [ śakakartṛ ] [ śaka-kartṛ ] m. the founder of an era Lit. L.


  शककारक [ śakakāraka ] [ śaka-kāraka ] m. the founder of an era Lit. L.


   शककारकोत्पत्ति [ śakakārakotpatti ] [ śaka-kārakotpatti ] f. N. of wk.


  शककाल [ śakakāla ] [ śaka-kāla ] m. the Śaka era (beginning A.D.78 , and founded by king Śāli-vāhana ; an expired year of the Śaka era is converted into the corresponding year A.D. by adding to it 78-79 ; e.g. 654 expired = A.D. 732-733) Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Rājat. ( Lit. RTL. 433) .


  शककृत् [ śakakṛt ] [ śaka-kṛt ] m. = [ -kartṛ ] Lit. L.


  शकचेल्ल [ śakacella ] [ śaka-cella ] (?) m. N. of a poet Lit. Cat.


  शकदेश [ śakadeśa ] [ śaka-deśa ] m. N. of a country Lit. Cat.


  शकनृपतिसंवत्सर [ śakanṛpatisaṃvatsara ] [ śaka-nṛpati-saṃvatsara ] m. a year of the Śaka era Lit. Inscr.


  शकनृपाल [ śakanṛpāla ] [ śaka-nṛpāla ] m. a Śaka king Lit. Jyot.


  शकपुरुषविवरण [ śakapuruṣavivaraṇa ] [ śaka-puruṣa-vivaraṇa ] n. N. of wk.


  शकभूपकाल [ śakabhūpakāla ] [ śaka-bhūpa-kāla ] m. = [ śaka-kāla ] Lit. VarBṛS.


  शकवत्सर [ śakavatsara ] [ śaka-vatsara ] m. a year of the Śaka era Lit. L.


  शकवर्ण [ śakavarṇa ] [ śaka-varṇa ] m. N. of a king Lit. VP.


  शकवर्मन् [ śakavarman ] [ śaka-varman ] m. N. of a poet Lit. Cat.


  शकवर्ष [ śakavarṣa ] [ śaka-varṣa ] m. or n. = [ -vatsara ] Lit. Jyot.


  शकवृद्धि [ śakavṛddhi ] [ śaka-vṛddhi ] m. N. of a poet Lit. Cat.


  शकस्थान [ śakasthāna ] [ śaka-sthāna ] n. N. of a country (1) Lit. Hcar.


  शकादित्य [ śakāditya ] [ śakāditya ] m. " sun of the Śakas " , N. of king Śāli-vāhana Lit. L.


  शकाधिपराजधानी [ śakādhiparājadhānī ] [ śakādhipa-rājadhānī ] f. the capital or residence of the Śaka king i.e. Dilli (Delhi) Lit. L.


  शकान्तक [ śakāntaka ] [ śakāntaka ] m. " destroyer of the Śakas " , N. of king Vikramâditya Lit. L.


  शकाब्द [ śakābda ] [ śakābda ] m. a year of the Śaka era Lit. W.


  शकारि [ śakāri ] [ śakāri ] m. " enemy of the Śakas " , N. of king Vikramâditya Lit. Rājat.


  शकेन्द्रकाल [ śakendrakāla ] [ śakendra-kāla ] m. = [ śakabhūpa-kāla ] Lit. VarBṛS.


 शकार [ śakāra ] [ śakāra ]2 m. ( for 1. see under 1. [ śa ] ) a descendant of the Śakas , a Śaka Lit. Pat. on Lit. Pāṇ. 4-i , 130

  a king's brother-in-law through one of his inferior wives (esp. in the drama represented as a foolish , frivolous , proud , low , and cruel man , such as is Saṃsthānaka in the Mṛicchakaṭikā , he speaks the dialect of the Śakas i.e. Śākārī , which employs the sibilant ś , exclusively ; hence Śakāra accord. to some , is for , " Śa-kāra " , one who uses the letter Śa) Lit. Bhar. Lit. Daś. Lit. Sāh. ( 1045,3 )


 शकारिलिपि [ śakārilipi ] [ śakāri-lipi ] f. a partic. kind of writing Lit. Lalit.


शकच [ śakaca ] [ śakaca ] m. a proper N. Lit. Rājat.


शकट [ śakaṭa ] [ śakaṭa ] n. ( rarely m. of doubtful derivation) a cart , waggon , car , carriage Lit. Nir. Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr.

( with [ prājāpatyam ] , or [ rohiṇyāḥ ] cf. [ rohiṇī-ś ] ) the five stars forming the asterism Rohiṇī compared to a cart Lit. Kāv. Lit. VarBṛS.

(only) a partic. configuration of stars and planets (when all the planets are in the Ist and 7th house) Lit. VarBṛS.

[ śakaṭa ] m. n. a form of military array resembling a wedge Lit. Mn. vii , 187

m. Dalbergia Ougeinensis Lit. L.

Arum Colacasia Lit. L.

an implement for preparing grain Lit. MW.

w.r. for [ śākaṭa ] q.v.

N. of a man , g. , [ naḍādi ]

of a demon slain by the child Kṛishṇa Lit. Śiś.

m. or n. (?) N. of a place Lit. Cat.

[ śakaṭī ] f. see below.


  शकटदास [ śakaṭadāsa ] [ śakaṭa-dāsa ] m. N. of a man Lit. Mudr.


  शकटनीड [ śakaṭanīḍa ] [ śakaṭa-nīḍa ] n. the interior of a cart Lit. ĀpŚr.


  शकटभिद् [ śakaṭabhid ] [ śakaṭa-bhid ] m. " slayer of Śakaṭa " , N. of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa Lit. Pañcar.


  शकटभेद [ śakaṭabheda ] [ śakaṭa-bheda ] m. division of the Śakaṭa asterism by the moon or a planet passing through it Lit. Col.


  शकटमन्त्र [ śakaṭamantra ] [ śakaṭa-mantra ] m. pl. the verses addressed to the chariot of Soma Lit. ĀpŚr.


  शकटविल [ śakaṭavila ] [ śakaṭa-vila ] (?) m. a gallinule Lit. W. ( cf. [ śakaṭāvila ] ) .


  शकटव्यूह [ śakaṭavyūha ] [ śakaṭa-vyūha ] m. a partic. form of military array Lit. MBh.


  शकटव्रत [ śakaṭavrata ] [ śakaṭa-vrata ] n. a partic. observance Lit. Cat.


  शकटसार्थ [ śakaṭasārtha ] [ śakaṭa-sārtha ] m. a multitude or train of carts , caravan Lit. Pat. on Lit. Pāṇ. 3-2 , 115.


  शकटहन् [ śakaṭahan ] [ śakaṭa-han ] m. = [ -bhid ] Lit. W.


  शकटाक्ष [ śakaṭākṣa ] [ śakaṭākṣa ] m. the axle of a cart Lit. MW.


  शकटाङ्गज [ śakaṭāṅgaja ] [ śakaṭāṅgaja ] m. a patr. = [ śākatayana ] . Lit. Gaṇar.


  शकटापण [ śakaṭāpaṇa ] [ śakaṭāpaṇa ] m. pl. carts and merchandise Lit. R. (w.r. [ śakaṭāyana ] )


  शकटारि [ śakaṭāri ] [ śakaṭāri ] m. " enemy of Śakaṭa " , N. of Kṛishṇa Lit. L.


  शकटाविल [ śakaṭāvila ] [ śakaṭāvila ] (?) m. a kind of aquatic bird ( = [ plava ] ) Lit. Yājñ. Sch.


  शकतासुरभञ्जन [ śakatāsurabhañjana ] [ śakatāsura-bhañjana ] m. " crusher of the demon Śakaṭa " , N. of Kṛishṇa Lit. Pañcar.


  शकटाह्वा [ śakaṭāhvā ] [ śakaṭāhvā ] f. " cart-named " , the asterism Rohiṇī ( cf. above ) Lit. L.


  शकटोच्चाटन [ śakaṭoccāṭana ] [ śakaṭoccāṭana ] n. the upsetting or overturning of a cart Lit. BhP.


 शकटाय [ śakaṭāya ] [ śakaṭāya ] Nom. P. [ °yati ] , to represent or be like a cart Lit. BhP.


 शकटार [ śakaṭāra ] [ śakaṭāra ] m. a bird of prey (perhaps a kind of vulture) Lit. MW.

  N. of a monkey Lit. Hit.

  = [ śakaṭāla ] Lit. W.


  शकटारोपाख्यान [ śakaṭāropākhyāna ] [ śakaṭāropākhyāna ] n. the episode or fable of the monkey Śakaṭāra Lit. Cat.


 शकटाल [ śakaṭāla ] [ śakaṭāla ] m. N. of a minister of king Nanda (in revenge for ill-treatment he conspired with the Brāhman Cāṇakya to effect his master's death) Lit. Hcar. Lit. Kathās.


 शकटि [ śakaṭi ] [ śakaṭi ] f. = [ śakaṭī ] g. [ bahv-ādi ] .


 शकटिक [ śakaṭika ] [ śakaṭika ] m. f. n. ( fr. [ śākaṭa ] ) g. [ kumudādi ] .


 शकटिका [ śakaṭikā ] [ śakaṭikā ] f. a small cart , a child's cart , toy-cart Lit. Mṛicch. ix , 28/29 ( cf. [ mṛc-chakaṭikā ] ) .


 शकटिन् [ śakaṭin ] [ śakaṭin ] m. f. n. possessing a cart or carriage

  [ śakaṭin ] m. the owner of a cart Lit. Kathās.


 शकटी [ śakaṭī ] [ śakaṭī́ ] f. a waggon , cart , carriage Lit. RV. x , 146 , 3 ( cf. g. [ bahv-āli ] ) .


  शकटीकर्ण [ śakaṭīkarṇa ] [ śakaṭī́-karṇa ] g. [ suvāstv-ādi ] ( Lit. Kāś. ) .


  शकटीमुख [ śakaṭīmukha ] [ śakaṭī́-mukha ] m. f. n. " cart-mouthed " , having a mouth like a cart Lit. ShaḍvBr.


  शकटीशकट [ śakaṭīśakaṭa ] [ śakaṭī́-śakaṭa ] m. f. n. (prob.) consisting of (or produced by) carts or carriages of all kinds (as a noise) Lit. Hariv.


 शकटीयशबर [ śakaṭīyaśabara ] [ śakaṭīya-śabara ] m. N. of a poet Lit. Cat.


 शकट्या [ śakaṭyā ] [ śakaṭyā ] f. a multitude of carts g. [ pāśādi ] .


शकन् [ śakan ] [ śakán ] see [ śákṛt ] , col.3.


शकम् [ śakam ] [ śakam ] see unader [ śám ] (ind.)


शकर [ śakara ] [ śákara ] see next.


शकल [ śakala ] [ śákala ] m. n. ( in Lit. ŚBr. also [ śákara ] , of doubtful derivation) a chip , fragment , splint , log , piece , bit Lit. TS. ( [ śakalāni ] √ [ kṛ ] , with acc. , " to separate , divide , dissipate " Lit. Ragh.)

a potsherd Lit. Mn. vi , 28

a spark ( in [ kṛśānu-ś ] ) Lit. Śiś. v 9

[ śakala ] n. a half Sāh ( [ candra-ś ] , the half-moon Lit. Kād.)

a half-verse Lit. Ked.

the half of an egg-shell Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

skin , bark Lit. DivyA7v.

the scales of a fish ( cf. [ śalka ] , [ śalkala ] ) Lit. ib.

the skull ( in [ kapāla-ś ] )

cinnamon Lit. L.

a kind of black pigment or dye Lit. L.

m. N. of a man g. [ gargādi ] .


  शकलज्योतिस् [ śakalajyotis ] [ śákala-jyotis ] m. a kind of venomless snake Lit. L.


  शकलवत् [ śakalavat ] [ śákala-vat ] m. f. n. g. [ madhv-ādi ] .


  शकलाङ्गुष्ठक [ śakalāṅguṣṭhaka ] [ śakalāṅguṣṭhaka ] m. f. n. (Vedic) Lit. Pāṇ. 3-1 , 59 Sch.


  शकलेन्दु [ śakalendu ] [ śakalendu ] m. the half-moon , Lit. Hariv. ( also w.r. for [ sakal ] ) .


 शकलय [ śakalaya ] [ śakalaya ] Nom. P. [ °yati ] , to break into pieces , divide Lit. Mcar.


 शकलाकृ [ śakalākṛ ] [ śakalā-√ kṛ ] P. [ -karoti ] id. g. [ ūry-ādi ] .


 शकलित [ śakalita ] [ śakalita ] m. f. n. broken into pieces , reduced to fragments Lit. Hcar. Lit. Śiś. Lit. Bālar.


 शकलिन् [ śakalin ] [ śakalin ] m. " having scales " , a fish Lit. Harav.


 शकली [ śakalī ] [ śakalī ] in comp. for [ śakala ] .


  शकलीकरण [ śakalīkaraṇa ] [ śakalī-karaṇa ] n. the act of breaking in pieces Lit. W.


  शकलीकृ [ śakalīkṛ ] [ śakalī-√ kṛ ] P. [ -karoti ] , to break in pieces , divide , bruise Lit. Kād. Lit. ĀpŚr. Sch.


  शकलीकृत [ śakalīkṛta ] [ śakalī-kṛta ] m. f. n. broken or cut in pieces , reduced to fragments , smashed , bruised , divided Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.


  शकलीकृति [ śakalīkṛti ] [ śakalī-kṛti ] f. = [ -karaṇa ] Lit. Harav.


  शकलीभू [ śakalībhū ] [ śakalī-√ bhū ] P. [ -bhavati ] , to be broken in pieces , burst asunder Lit. MBh. Lit. R.


  शकलीभूत [ śakalībhūta ] [ śakalī-bhūta ] m. f. n. broken in pieces , bruised , crushed , burst Lit. MBh.


 शकल्येषिन् [ śakalyeṣin ] [ śakal'yeṣin ] m. f. n. (accord. to Lit. Padap. from [ śakalya ] + [ eṣin ] ) " desiring fragments of wood " , devouring or licking (as a flame of fire) Lit. AV. 1 , 25 , 2.


शकव [ śakava ] [ śakava ] m. (doubtful) a goose Lit. W.


शकशकाय [ śakaśakāya ] [ śakaśakāya ] Root P. [ °yati ] (onomat.) , to make a rustling noise , rustle (as the leaves of a tree in the wind) Lit. Bhaṭṭ.


शकार [ śakāra ] [ śakāra ] 1. 2. see under 1. [ śa ] and 3. [ śaka ] .


शकुटा [ śakuṭā ] [ śakuṭā ] f. a partic. part of an elephant's hind leg Lit. L.


शकुन [ śakuna ] [ śakuná ] m. ( said to be fr. √ [ śak ] Lit. Uṇ. iii , 49) a bird (esp. a large bird or one of good or bad omen) Lit. RV.

a partic. kind of bird (either = [ gridhra ] , a vulture , or = [ cilla ] , a common kite or Pondicherry eagle) Lit. L.

a kind of Brāhman ( [ vipra-bheda ] ) Lit. MW.

a sort of hymn or song (sung at festivals to secure good fortune) Lit. W.

( with [ vasiṣṭhasya ] ) N. of a Sāman Lit. ĀrshBr.

N. of an Asura Lit. BhP.

pl. N. of a people Lit. MBh. Lit. Buddh.

[ śakunī ] f. see col.3

[ śakuna ] n. any auspicious object or lucky omen , an omen or prognostic (in general ; rarely " an inauspicious omen " ) Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Pañcat.

mfn. indicating good luck , auspicious Lit. MW.


  शकुनज्ञ [ śakunajña ] [ śakuná-jña ] m. f. n. knowing omens Lit. Kathās.

   [ śakunajñā ] f. a small house-lizard Lit. L.


  शकुनज्ञान [ śakunajñāna ] [ śakuná-jñāna ] n. knowledge of birds or omens , augury Lit. Yājñ.

   N. of a chapter of the Lit. ŚārṅgP.


  शकुनदीपक [ śakunadīpaka ] [ śakuná-dīpaka ] m. ( or f ( [ ikā ] ) .) N. of wk. on augury.


  शकुनदेवता [ śakunadevatā ] [ śakuná-devatā ] f. a deity presiding over good omens Lit. Kathās.


  शकुनद्वार [ śakunadvāra ] [ śakuná-dvāra ] n. " door of omens " , a partic. term in augury Lit. VarBṛS.


  शकुनपत्त्र [ śakunapattra ] [ śakuná-pattra ] n. N. of wk.


  शकुनपरीक्षा [ śakunaparīkṣā ] [ śakuná-parīkṣā ] f. N. of wk.


  शकुनप्रदीप [ śakunapradīpa ] [ śakuná-pradīpa ] m. N. of wk.


  शकुनरत्नावली [ śakunaratnāvalī ] [ śakuná-ratnāvalī ] f. N. of wk.


  शकुनरुतज्ञान [ śakunarutajñāna ] [ śakuná-ruta-jñāna ] n. knowledge of the notes of birds Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Rājat.


  शकुनविद्या [ śakunavidyā ] [ śakuná-vidyā ] f. = prec. Lit. Buddh.


  शकुनशास्त्र [ śakunaśāstra ] [ śakuná-śāstra ] n. " doctrine or book of omens " , N. of wk.


  शकुनसारोद्धार [ śakunasāroddhāra ] [ śakuná-sāroddhāra ] m. N. of wk.


  शकुनसूक्त [ śakunasūkta ] [ śakuná-sūkta ] n. the bird-hymn (perhaps Lit. RV. i , 164 , 20 or x , 146 , 2) Lit. VarBṛS.


  शकुनाधिष्ठात्री [ śakunādhiṣṭhātrī ] [ śakunādhiṣṭhātrī ] f. f. (a goddess) presiding over good omens Lit. Kathās.


  शकुनार्णव [ śakunārṇava ] [ śakunārṇava ] m. N. of wk.


  शकुनावली [ śakunāvalī ] [ śakunāvalī ] f. N. of wk. on augury.


  शकुनाशा [ śakunāśā ] [ śakunāśā ] f. N. of a plant , Lit. Śuśr. ( perhaps w.r. for [ śakulāśa ] ; cf. [ śakulādanī ] ) .


  शकुनाहृत् [ śakunāhṛt ] [ śakunāhṛt ] m. a kind of rice Lit. L.

   a kind of fish Lit. L.


  शकुनाहृत [ śakunāhṛta ] [ śakunāhṛta ] m. f. n. brought by birds Lit. L.

   a kind of rice Lit. Suśr. ( cf. prec.)


  शकुनोपदेश [ śakunopadeśa ] [ śakunopadeśa ] m. the doctrine of omens , augury Lit. VarBṛS.


 शकुनक [ śakunaka ] [ śakunaka ] m. a bird Lit. MBh.

  [ śakunikā ] f. a female bird Lit. ib.

  N. of one of the Mātṛis attendant of Skanda Lit. ib.

  of various women Lit. Vās.


 शकुनि [ śakuni ] [ śakúni ] m. a bird (esp. a large bird Lit. L. = [ gridhra ] or [ cilla ] accord. to some " a cock " ) Lit. RV.

  (in astronomy) N. of the first fixed [ karaṇa ] ( q.v.) Lit. VarBṛS.

  N. of a Naga Lit. MBh.

  of an evil demon (son of Duḥ-saha) Lit. MārkP.

  of an Asura (son of Hiraṇyâksha and father of Vṛika) Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

  of the brother of queen Gāndhārī (and therefore the brother-in-law of Dhṛita-rāshṭra and the Mātula or maternal uncle of the Kuru princes ; as son of Subala , king of Gāndhāra , he is called Saubala ; he often acted as counsellor of Duryodhana , and hence his name is sometimes applied to an old officious relative whose counsels ten to misfortune) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. ( cf. Lit. IW. 380)

  of a son of Vikukshi and grandson of Ikshvāku Lit. Hariv.

  of a son of Daśa-ratha Lit. ib. Lit. BhP.

  of the great-grandfather of Aśoka Lit. Rājat.

  du. N. of the Aśvins Lit. MW.

  [ śakuni ] f ( [ i ] or [ ī ] ) . see below.


  शकुनिग्रह [ śakunigraha ] [ śakúni-graha ] m. N. of a demon causing children's diseases Lit. MBh.


  शकुनिप्रपा [ śakuniprapā ] [ śakúni-prapā ] f. a drinking-trough for birds Lit. L.


  शकुनिवाद [ śakunivāda ] [ śakúni-vāda ] m. the first song of birds (or of a partic. bird) at dawn (accord. to some " the crowing of a cock " ) Lit. AitBr.


  शकुनिसवन [ śakunisavana ] [ śakúni-savana ] n. g. [ savanādi ] .


  शकुनिसाद [ śakunisāda ] [ śakúni-sādá ] m. a partic. part of the sacrificial horse Lit. VS.


  शकुनीश्वर [ śakunīśvara ] [ śakunīśvara ] m. " lord of birds " , N. of Garuḍa Lit. L.


  शकुन्युपाख्यान [ śakunyupākhyāna ] [ śakuny-upākhyāna ] n. N. of wk.


 शकुनी [ śakunī ] [ śakunī ] f. ( of [ śakuna ] or [ °ni ] , col , 2) a female bird Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

  a hen-sparrow Lit. L.

  Turdus Macrourus Lit. L.

  N. of a female demon (sometimes identified with Durgā) causing a partic. child's disease ( sometimes = [ pūtanā ] , and in this sense also [ śakuni ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.


 शकुन्त [ śakunta ] [ śákúnta ] m. a bird Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  a partic. bird of prey Lit. BhP.

  a blue jay Lit. L.

  a sort of insect Lit. L.

  N. of a son of Viśvāmitra Lit. MBh.


 शकुन्तक [ śakuntaka ] [ śakuntaká ] m. a small bird Lit. VS. Lit. MBh.

  [ śakuntikā ] f. a female bird Lit. RV.


 शकुन्तला [ śakuntalā ] [ śakuntalā ] f. ( said to be fr. [ śakunta ] ) N. of a daughter of the Apsaras Menakā by Viśvāmitra ( she was supposed to have been born and left in a forest , where she was protected by birds till found by the sage Kaṇva , who took her to his hermitage and reared her as his daughter ; she was there seen by king Dushyanta , when on a hunting expedition , and married by him , and became the mother of Bharata , sovereign of all India ; the story of Dushyanta's accidental meeting with Śakuntalā , their marriage , separation , his repudiation of her through temporary loss of memory caused by a curse , his subsequent recognition of her by means of a ring which was lost but afterwards recovered , forms the subject of Kālidāsa's celebrated drama called Abhijñāna-śakuntalā q.v.) .


  शकुन्तलात्मज [ śakuntalātmaja ] [ śakuntalātmaja ] ( [ °lātm° ] ) m. " Śakuntalā's son " , metron. of Bharata (sovereign of India) Lit. L.


  शकुन्तलोपाख्यान [ śakuntalopākhyāna ] [ śakuntalopākhyāna ] n. " story of Śakuntalā " , N. of Lit. MBh. i , 60-74 and of Lit. PadmaP. , Svargakh. 1-5.


 शकुन्ति [ śakunti ] [ śakúnti ] m. a bird Lit. RV. Lit. Kāv.


 शकुन्तिका [ śakuntikā ] [ śakuntikā ] see [ śakuntaka ] .


शकुन्द [ śakunda ] [ śakunda ] m. Nerium Odorum Lit. L. ( cf. [ śata-kunda ] ) .


शकुर [ śakura ] [ śakura ] m. f. n. tame , quiet (as an animal) Lit. Hcar.


शकुल [ śakula ] [ śakulá ] m. a kind of fish (perhaps " the gilt-head " ) Lit. VS. Lit. AV. Lit. MBh.

a kind of spur-like projection (behind the hoof of an ox or cow) Lit. VS.

( with [ vasiṣṭhasya ] ) N. of a Śāman (v.l. for [ śakuna ] )

[ śakulī ] f. see below.


  शकुलगण्ड [ śakulagaṇḍa ] [ śakulá-gaṇḍa ] m. a kind of fish Lit. L.


  शकुलाक्षक [ śakulākṣaka ] [ śakulākṣaka ] m. " fish-eyed " , white bent-grass , Panicum Dactylon (the blossoms are white and compared to the eye of a fish) Lit. L.


  शकुलाक्षी [ śakulākṣī ] [ śakulākṣī ] f. a kind of Dūrvā grass Lit. L. ( cf. prec.)


  शकुलाद [ śakulāda ] [ śakulāda ] m. pl. " eating Śakulas " , N. of a people g. [ kāśyādi ] .


  शकुलादनी [ śakulādanī ] [ śakulādanī ] f. ( cf. [ śakunāśā ] ) a kind of potherb (accord. to Lit. L. Commelina Salicifolia , Scindapsus Officinalis ) Lit. Car. Lit. Vāgbh.

   an earthworm Lit. W.


  शकुलार्भक [ śakulārbhaka ] [ śakulārbhaka ] m. a sort of fish Lit. L.


 शकुलिन् [ śakulin ] [ śakulin ] m. a fish Lit. L. ( prob. w.r. for [ śakalin ] q.v.)


शकृत् [ śakṛt ] [ śákṛt ] n. ( the weak cases are optionally formed fr. a base [ śakán ] cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 6-1 , 3 ; [ śakṛt ] nom. acc. sg. and ibc. ; gen. sg. [ śaknás ] Lit. AV. ; instr. [ śaknā́ ] Lit. VS. , or [ śakṛtā ] Lit. KātyŚr. instr. pl. [ śákabhis ] Lit. TS. ; acc. pl. [ śakṛtas ] Lit. VarBṛS.) , excrement , ordure , feces , dung (esp. cow-dung) Lit. RV. ( cf. Gk. 1 , 2,; accord. to some , 3 , and Lat. (cacare) . )


  शकृत्करि [ śakṛtkari ] [ śákṛt-kari ] m. " dung-making " , a calf. Lit. L. ( cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 3-2 , 24) .


  शकृत्कार [ śakṛtkāra ] [ śákṛt-kāra ] m. f. n. making ordure Lit. W.


  शकृत्कीट [ śakṛtkīṭa ] [ śákṛt-kīṭa ] m. a dung-beetle Lit. L.


  शकृत्पदी [ śakṛtpadī ] [ śákṛt-padī ] f. having ordure at the feet g. [ kumbha-pady-ādi ] .


  शकृत्पिण्ड [ śakṛtpiṇḍa ] [ śákṛt-piṇḍa ] m. a lump or ball of cow-dung Lit. Kauś. Lit. Āpast.


 शकृद् [ śakṛd ] [ śakṛd ] in comp. for [ śakṛt ] .


  शकृद्ग्रह [ śakṛdgraha ] [ śakṛd-graha ] w.r. for [ sakṛd-gr ] q.v.


  शकृद्देश [ śakṛddeśa ] [ śakṛd-deśa ] m. ( Lit. R.) " door of the feces " , the anus.


  शकृद्द्वार [ śakṛddvāra ] [ śakṛd-dvāra ] n. (K.) " door of the feces " , the anus.


  शकृद्धत [ śakṛddhata ] [ śakṛd-dhata ] a dung-heap, Lit. Hir.


  शकृद्भेद [ śakṛdbheda ] [ śakṛd-bheda ] m. " loosening of the feces " , diarrhoea Lit. Suśr.


  शकृद्रस [ śakṛdrasa ] [ śakṛd-rasa ] m. liquid cow-dung, Lit. Baudh.


  शकृद्रीति [ śakṛdrīti ] [ śakṛd-rīti ] f. a heap of excrement, Lit. ĀpGṛ.


 शकृन् [ śakṛn ] [ śakṛn ] in comp. for [ śakṛt ] .


  शकृन्मूत्र [ śakṛnmūtra ] [ śakṛn-mūtra ] n. feces and urine Lit. BhP. ( cf. , [ mūtra-śakṛt ] ) .


शक्कर [ śakkara ] [ śakkara ] [ °rī ] see [ śakvara ] , [ °rī ] .


शक्करि [ śakkari ] [ śakkari ] m. a bull Lit. L. ( cf. [ śakvara ] ) .


शक्कुलि [ śakkuli ] [ śakkuli ] prob. w.r. for [ śaṣkuli ] Lit. Siddh.


शक्त [ śakta ] [ śakta ] [ śakti ] see p. 1044 , col. 2.


शक्तु [ śaktu ] [ śaktu ] [ śaktu ] , [ śaktuka ] , incorrect for [ saktu ] , [ saktuka ] , q.v.


 शक्तुक [ śaktuka ] [ śaktuka ] [ śaktu ] , [ śaktuka ] , incorrect for [ saktu ] , [ saktuka ] , q.v.


शक्त्रि [ śaktri ] [ śaktri ] or [ śaktrin ] w.r. for [ śakti ] m.


शक्त्रिन् [ śaktrin ] [ śaktrin ] or [ śaktri ] w.r. for [ śakti ] m.


शक्मन् [ śakman ] [ śakman ] [ śakya ] , [ śakra ] see p. 1045 , col. 1.


शक्ल [ śakla ] [ śakla ]2 m. ( for 1. see p. 1045 , col. 2) prob. for [ śakala ] , [ śalka ] Lit. TS.


 शक्लीकरण [ śaklīkaraṇa ] [ śaklī-karaṇa ] n. = [ śakalī-k ] , breaking or hewing in pieces Lit. Bālar.


शक्वन् [ śakvan ] [ śakvan ] [ śakvara ] , [ śakvarī ] see p. 1045 , col. 2.


शग्म [ śagma ] [ śagmá ] [ śagmyá ] see p. 1045 , col. 3.


शङ्क् [ śaṅk ] [ śaṅk ] Root cl. [1] Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. iv , 12) [ śáṅkate ] ( ep. also P. ; aor. 2. sg. [ aśaṅkīs ] , [ aśaṅkiṣṭa ] , [ śaṅkiṣṭhās ] , [ śaṅkithās ] Lit. MBh. inf. [ śaṅkitum ] Lit. ib. ; ind.p. ; [ -śaṅkya ] Lit. ib. ; Gr. also pf. [ śaśaṅke ] fut. [ śaṅkitā ] , [ śaṅkiṣyate ] ) , to be anxious or apprehensive , be afraid of (abl.) , fear , dread , suspect , distrust (acc.) Lit. Br. Lit. MBh. ; to be in doubt or uncertain about (acc.) , hesitate Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to think probable , assume , believe , regard is ( with two acc.) , suppose to be ( [ śaṅke ] , " l think " , " I suppose " , " it seems to me " ) Lit. ib. ; (in argumentative works) to ponder over or propound a doubt or objection: Pass. [ śaṅkyate ] (aor. [ aśaṅki ] ) , to be feared or doubted : Caus. [ śaṅkayati ] , to cause to fear or doubt , render anxious about (loc.) Lit. Mālav.


 शङ्क [ śaṅka ] [ śaṅka ]1 m. ( for 2. see below) fear , doubt (see comp.)

  N. of a king Lit. Buddh. ( cf. [ śaṅkana ] )

  [ śaṅkā ] f. see below.


  शङ्कत्वनिरुक्ति [ śaṅkatvanirukti ] [ śaṅka-tva-nirukti ] f. N. of wk.


 शङ्कन [ śaṅkana ] [ śaṅkana ] m. " causing fear or awe (?) " , N. of a king Lit. MW.


 शङ्कनीय [ śaṅkanīya ] [ śaṅkanīya ] m. f. n. to be distrusted or suspected or apprehended (n. impers.) , doubtful , questionable Lit. Kāv. Lit. Hit. Lit. Sarvad.

  to be supposed to be , to be regarded as (e.g. [ bādhakatvena ] , " as hurting or injuring " ) Lit. Kusum.


 शङ्का [ śaṅkā ] [ śaṅkā́ ] f. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) apprehension , care , alarm , fear , distrust , suspicion of (abl. loc. , or [ prati ] with acc. , or comp. ; [ brahma-hatyā-kṛtā śaṅkā ] , " the fear of having committed the murder of a Brāhman " Lit. R. ; [ pāpa-śaṅkā na katavyā ] , " no evil is to be suspected " Lit. Kathās.) Lit. ŚBr.

  doubt , uncertainty , hesitation Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  (ifc.) belief. supposition , presumption (of or that any person or thing is-) Lit. ib.

  a subject started in disputation Lit. MW.

  a species of the Daṇḍaka metre Lit. W.


  शङ्काकुल [ śaṅkākula ] [ śaṅkā́kula ] ( [ śaṅkāk ] ) m. f. n. bewildered by doubt or fear Lit. MW.


  शङ्कातङ्कित [ śaṅkātaṅkita ] [ śaṅkā́taṅkita ] ( [ śaṅkāt ] ) m. f. n. overcome with fear and anxiety Lit. Subh.


  शङ्कान्वित [ śaṅkānvita ] [ śaṅkā́nvita ] ( [ śaṅkānv ] ) m. f. n. filled with doubt , apprehensive , afraid Lit. R.


  शङ्काभियोग [ śaṅkābhiyoga ] [ śaṅkā́bhiyoga ] ( [ śaṅkābh ] ) m. f. n. accusation or charge on suspicion Lit. Yājñ. Sch.


  शङ्कामय [ śaṅkāmaya ] [ śaṅkā́-maya ] m. f. n. full of doubt or uncertainty , fearful , afraid Lit. R.


  शङ्काशङ्कु [ śaṅkāśaṅku ] [ śaṅkā́-śaṅku ] m. the thorn or sting of doubt or fear Lit. Rājat.


  शङ्काशील [ śaṅkāśīla ] [ śaṅkā́-śīla ] m. f. n. of hesitating or diffident disposition , prone to doubt Lit. MW.


  शङ्कास्पद [ śaṅkāspada ] [ śaṅkā́spada ] ( [ śaṅkāsp ] ) n. cause of doubt , ground or matter of suspicion Lit. Hit.


  शङ्कास्पृष्ट [ śaṅkāspṛṣṭa ] [ śaṅkā́-spṛṣṭa ] m. f. n. touched with fear , seized with alarm Lit. Megh.


  शङ्काहीन [ śaṅkāhīna ] [ śaṅkā́-hīna ] m. f. n. free from doubt or apprehension Lit. W.


 शङ्कित [ śaṅkita ] [ śaṅkita ] m. f. n. alarmed , apprehensive , distrustful , suspicious , afraid of (abl. gen. , or comp.) , anxious about (loc. or acc. with [ prati ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  assuming , supposing Lit. Rājat.

  feared , apprehended Lit. R. Lit. Śāntiś.

  doubted , doubtful , uncertain Lit. Mn. Lit. Mṛicch.

  weak , unsteady Lit. W.


  शङ्कितदृष्टि [ śaṅkitadṛṣṭi ] [ śaṅkita-dṛṣṭi ] m. f. n. looking afraid or shy Lit. Pañcat.


  शङ्कितमनस् [ śaṅkitamanas ] [ śaṅkita-manas ] m. f. n. fainthearted , timid , apprehensive Lit. MBh.


  शङ्कितवर्णक [ śaṅkitavarṇaka ] [ śaṅkita-varṇaka ] m. " of doubtful appearance " , a thief Lit. L.


 शङ्कितव्य [ śaṅkitavya ] [ śaṅkitavya ] m. f. n. to be feared or suspected or distrusted (n. impers. " it should be feared " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Prasannar.

  to be doubted , doubtful , questionable Lit. MBh.


 शङ्किन् [ śaṅkin ] [ śaṅkin ] m. f. n. afraid of , fearing (comp.) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  timid , suspicious , distrustful as (comp. e.g. [ kāka-s ] , " distrustful as a crow " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kathās.

  assuming , supposing , suspecting , imagining Lit. Ragh. Lit. Hit.

  full of apprehension or danger Lit. Pañcat.


 शङ्कु [ śaṅku ] [ śaṅku ]1 m. ( for 2. see col.2) fear , terror Lit. W.


 शङ्कुर [ śaṅkura ] [ śaṅkura ] m. f. n. causing fear , frightful , formidable

  [ śaṅkura ] m. N. of a Dānava Lit. VP. (v.l. for [ śaṃkara ] ) .


 शङ्क्य [ śaṅkya ] [ śaṅkya ] m. f. n. to be distrusted or suspected or feared (n. impers. ; superl. [ -tama ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  to be assumed or expected or anticipated Lit. Daś. Lit. Rājat.


शङ्क [ śaṅka ] [ śaṅka ]2 m. a bull Lit. L.


शङ्कर [ śaṅkara ] [ śaṅkara ] see [ śaṃkara ] , p. 1054 , col. 3.


शङ्कव्य [ śaṅkavya ] [ śaṅkavya ] see under 2. [ śaṅku ] below.


शङ्किल [ śaṅkila ] [ śaṅkila ] m. ( prob. w.r. for [ śankhila ] ; cf. [ śaṅkha ] ) a conch-shell suspended on the ear of an elephant Lit. L.


शङ्कु [ śaṅku ] [ śaṅkú ]2 m. (of doubtful derivation) a peg , nail , spike Lit. RV.

a stick Lit. Hariv.

a stake , post , pillar Lit. MBh.

an arrow , spear , dart (fig. applied to the " sting " of sorrow , pain ; cf. [ śankā- ] , [ śoka-ś ] ) Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Rājat.

a partic. weapon or any weapon Lit. L.

the pin or gnomon of a dial (usually twelve fingers long) Lit. Col.

a kind of forceps (used for the extraction of a dead fetus) Lit. Suśr.

the fibre or vein of a leaf. Lit. ChUp.

the measure of twelve fingers Lit. L.

(in astron.) the sine of altitude , Lit. Śūryas.

a partic. high number , ten billions (compared to an innumerable collection of ants) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

the clapper of a bell , Lit. Govardh. ( Lit. L. also the penis ; poison ; Unguis Odoratus ; a partic. tree or the trunk of a lopped tree ; a partic. fish ( accord. to some " the skate fish " ) or aquatic animal ; a goose ; a measuring rod ; a Rākshasa ; N. of Śiva ; of a Gandharva attendant on Śiva ; of Kāma ; of a Nāga ; = [ aṃśa ] )

N. of a man g. [ gargādi ]

of a Dānava Lit. Hariv.

of a Vṛishṇi (son of Ugra-sena) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

of a son of Kṛishṇa Lit. Hariv.

of a poet (= [ śaṅkuka ] q.v.) Lit. Cat.

of a. Brāhman Lit. Buddh.

[ śaṅku ] n. N. of a Sāman Lit. ĀrshBr.


  शङ्कुकर्ण [ śaṅkukarṇa ] [ śaṅkú-karṇa ] m. f. n. having pointed ears Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

   becomes [ śaṅkū́ ] - [ karṇa ] when it means "having the ear marked with a [ śaṅku ] or like a [ ś ] °" , Lit. Pāṇ. vi. 2, 112 ; vi, 3-115

   [ śaṅkukarṇa ] m. an ass Lit. L.

   N. of a Dānava Lit. Hariv.

   of one of Skanda's attendants Lit. MBh.

   of a serpent-demon Lit. ib.

   of a Rākshasa Lit. R.

   of a son of Janam-ejaya Lit. MBh.

   of a camel Lit. Pañcat.


   शङ्कुकर्णमुख [ śaṅkukarṇamukha ] [ śaṅkú-karṇa--mukha ] m. f. n. having pointed ears and mouth Lit. MBh.


   शङ्कुकर्णिन् [ śaṅkukarṇin ] [ śaṅkú-karṇin ] m. f. n. having pointed ears Lit. Hariv.


   शङ्कुकर्णेस्वर [ śaṅkukarṇesvara ] [ śaṅkú-karṇesvara ] m. a partic. form of Śiva Lit. MBh.

    [ śaṅkukarṇesvara ] n. N. of a Liṅga Lit. Cat.


  शङ्कुच्छाया [ śaṅkucchāyā ] [ śaṅkú-cchāyā ] f. the shadow of a gnomon Lit. Sūryas.


  शङ्कुजीवा [ śaṅkujīvā ] [ śaṅkú-jīvā ] f. the sine of a gnomon Lit. ib.


  शङ्कुतरु [ śaṅkutaru ] [ śaṅkú-taru ] m. the tree Vatica Robusta Lit. L.


  शङ्कुतल [ śaṅkutala ] [ śaṅkú-tala ] n. the base of a gnomon Lit. Gol.


  शङ्कुधान [ śaṅkudhāna ] [ śaṅkú-dhāna ] n. " peg-receptacle " , a hole for a pin (made in a skin to fasten it when used as an amulet) Lit. Kauś.


  शङ्कुपथ [ śaṅkupatha ] [ śaṅkú-patha ] m. Lit. Pāṇ. 5-1 , 77 Vārtt. 2.


  शङ्कुपुच्छ [ śaṅkupuccha ] [ śaṅkú-puccha ] n. the sting (of a bee ) Lit. Rājat.


  शङ्कुफणिन् [ śaṅkuphaṇin ] [ śaṅkú-phaṇin ] m. a kind of aquatic animal Lit. L.


  शङ्कुफला [ śaṅkuphalā ] [ śaṅkú-phalā ] f. Prosopis Spicigera Lit. Bhpr.


  शङ्कुफलिका [ śaṅkuphalikā ] [ śaṅkú-phalí kā ] f. Prosopis Spicigera Lit. Bhpr.


  शङ्कुमत् [ śaṅkumat ] [ śaṅkú-mat ] m. f. n. filled with stakes or spikes Lit. L.

   [ śaṅkumatī ] f. N. of a metre Lit. Col.


  शङ्कुमुख [ śaṅkumukha ] [ śaṅkú-mukha ] m. f. n. having a pointed or sharp mouth (as a mouse) Lit. Suśr.

   [ śaṅkumukha ] m. a crocodile Lit. L.

   a kind of leech Lit. Suśr.


  शङ्कुमूली [ śaṅkumūlī ] [ śaṅkú-mūlī ] f. the 15th day of the light half of the month Mārga-śīrsha Lit. L.


  शङ्कुविचार [ śaṅkuvicāra ] [ śaṅkú-vicāra ] m. N. of wk. (containing rules for finding out the hours by the shadows of pegs driven into the earth in sunshine) by Lakshmī-pati Lit. Cat.


  शङ्कुवृक्ष [ śaṅkuvṛkṣa ] [ śaṅkú-vṛkṣa ] m. = [ -taru ] Lit. L.


  शङ्कुशिरस् [ śaṅkuśiras ] [ śaṅkú-śiras ] m. f. n. spear-headed Lit. L.

   [ śaṅkuśiras ] m. N. of an Asura Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.


  शङ्कुश्रवण [ śaṅkuśravaṇa ] [ śaṅkú-śravaṇa ] m. f. n. = [ -karṇa ] Lit. VarBṛS.


  शङ्कुष्ठ [ śaṅkuṣṭha ] [ śaṅkú-ṣṭha ] ( for [ -stha ] ) m. f. n. Lit. Pāṇ. 8-3 , 97.


 शङ्कव्य [ śaṅkavya ] [ śaṅkavya ] m. f. n. fit for a peg or serving as a peg Lit. Hcar. ( cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 5-1 , 2 Sch.)


 शङ्कुक [ śaṅkuka ] [ śaṅkuka ] m. a small peg or nail Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.

  N. of a poet (author of the Bhuvanâbhyudaya , son of Mayūra) Lit. Rājat.

  of a writer on rhetoric Lit. Cat.


 शङ्कुचि [ śaṅkuci ] [ śaṅkuci ] m. a skate fish ( = 2. [ śaṅku ] ) Lit. L. ( cf. [ sāṃkuci ] ) .


 शङ्कुला [ śaṅkulā ] [ śaṅkulā ] f. a kind of lancet or knife Lit. Uṇ. i , 37 Sch.

  a pair of nippers or scissors (used to cut the areca-nut into small pieces) Lit. W. ( cf. [ danta-śaṅku ] ) .


  शङ्कुलाखण्ड [ śaṅkulākhaṇḍa ] [ śaṅkulā-khaṇḍa ] n. a piece cut off with a pair of nippers Lit. Pāṇ. 6-1 , 2 Sch.


 शङ्कोच [ śaṅkoca ] [ śaṅkoca ] m. = [ śaṅkuci ] Lit. W.


 शङ्कोचि [ śaṅkoci ] [ śaṅkoci ] m. = [ śaṅkuci ] Lit. W.


शङ्ख [ śaṅkha ] [ 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 often has a name) Lit. AV. Lit. IW. 403

a partic. high number (said to = a hundred billions or 100 , 000 krores) Lit. MBh.

[ śaṅkha ] m. the temporal bone , temple (accord. to some also " the bone of the forehead " or , " frontal bone " ) Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh.

an elephant's cheek or the part between the tusks ( [ hasti-danta-madhya ] ) Lit. L.

N. of the teeth of an elephant 23 years old Lit. VarBṛS.

Unguis Odoratus Lit. L.

a partic. Mantra Lit. Gobh.

a kind of metre , Lit. Ked.N. of one of Kubera's treasures and of the being presiding over it Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

a military drum or other martial instrument Lit. W.

N. of one of the 8 chiefs of the Nāgas ( q.v.) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

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) Lit. ib.

of a demon dangerous to children Lit. ĀpGṛ. Sch.

of a mythical elephant Lit. R.

N. of various men (pl. N. of a Gotra) Lit. AV.

of a son of Virāṭa Lit. MBh.

of a son of Vajra-nābha Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

of a law-giver ( often mentioned together with his brother Likhita , q.v.) Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh. ( cf. comp. below)

of the author of Lit. RV. x , 15 (having the patr. Yāmāyana.) Lit. Anukr.

of another poet Lit. Cat.

of a country in the south of India (said to abound in shells) Lit. VarBṛS. ( cf. g. [ śaṇḍikādi ] )

of a mountain Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

of a forest Lit. VP.

[ śaṅkhā ] f. a kind of flute Lit. Saṃgīt. ( cf. Gk. , 1 ; Lat. (concha) , (cangius) . )


  शङ्खकर्ण [ śaṅkhakarṇa ] [ śaṅkhá-karṇa ] m. " shell-eared " , N. of one of Śiva's attendants Lit. L.

   of a dog Lit. Vcar. =


  शङ्खकार [ śaṅkhakāra ] [ śaṅkhá-kāra ] m. a worker in shells , shell-cutter ( described as a kind of mixed caste accord. to some " the adulterous offspring of Vaiśya-parents whose mother is a widow " ; cf. [ śaṅkhika ] ) Lit. Col.


  शङ्खकारक [ śaṅkhakāraka ] [ śaṅkhá-kāraka ] m. a worker in shells , shell-cutter ( described as a kind of mixed caste accord. to some " the adulterous offspring of Vaiśya-parents whose mother is a widow " ; cf. [ śaṅkhika ] ) Lit. Col.


  शङ्खकुम्भश्रवस् [ śaṅkhakumbhaśravas ] [ śaṅkhá-kumbha-śravas ] f. N. of one of the Mātṛis attendant on Skanda Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खकुसुम [ śaṅkhakusuma ] [ śaṅkhá-kusuma ] n. Andropogon Aciculatus Lit. L.


  शङ्खकूट [ śaṅkhakūṭa ] [ śaṅkhá-kūṭa ] m. N. of a serpent-demon Lit. L.

   of a mountain Lit. Pur.


  शङ्खक्षीर [ śaṅkhakṣīra ] [ śaṅkhá-kṣīra ] n. " the milk of a shell " , any impossibility or absurdity Lit. W.


  शङ्खचक्र [ śaṅkhacakra ] [ śaṅkhá-cakra ] (ibc.) a conch and a discus


   शङ्खचक्रगदाधर [ śaṅkhacakragadādhara ] [ śaṅkhá-cakra--gadā-dhara ] m. f. n. holding a conch and a discus and a mace (as Vishṇu) Lit. Vishṇ.


   शङ्खचक्रधारणवाद [ śaṅkhacakradhāraṇavāda ] [ śaṅkhá-cakra--dhāraṇa-vāda ] m. N. of a treatise (treating of the marking of the limbs with a conch , discus and other emblems of Vishṇu) by Purushôttama


   शङ्खचक्रपाणि [ śaṅkhacakrapāṇi ] [ śaṅkhá-cakra--pāṇi ] m. f. n. holding a conch and a discus Lit. VP.


   शङ्खचक्रविधि [ śaṅkhacakravidhi ] [ śaṅkhá-cakra--vidhi ] m. N. of wk.


   शङ्खचक्रविवरण [ śaṅkhacakravivaraṇa ] [ śaṅkhá-cakra--vivaraṇa ] n. N. of wk.


  शङ्खचरी [ śaṅkhacarī ] [ śaṅkhá-carī ] f. a mark made with sandal on the forehead Lit. L.


  शङ्खचर्ची [ śaṅkhacarcī ] [ śaṅkhá-carcī ] f. a mark made with sandal on the forehead Lit. L.


  शङ्खचिल्ल [ śaṅkhacilla ] [ śaṅkhá-cilla ] m. Falco Cheela Lit. L.


  शङ्खचूड [ śaṅkhacūḍa ] [ śaṅkhá-cūḍa ] m. N. of an Asura Lit. Pañcar.

   of a Gandharva Lit. Cat.

   of one of Kubera's attendants Lit. BhP.

   of a serpent-demon Lit. Nāg. ( also [ °ḍaka ] Lit. L.)


   शङ्खचूडेश्वरतीर्थ [ śaṅkhacūḍeśvaratīrtha ] [ śaṅkhá-cūḍeśvara-tīrtha ] n. N. of a Tīrtha Lit. Cat.


  शङ्खचूर्ण [ śaṅkhacūrṇa ] [ śaṅkhá-cūrṇa ] n. shell-powder , power produced from shells Lit. L.


  शङ्खज [ śaṅkhaja ] [ śaṅkhá-ja ] m. " shell-born " , a large pearl shaped like a pigeon's egg and said to be found in shells Lit. W.


  शङ्खजाती [ śaṅkhajātī ] [ śaṅkhá-jātī ] (?) f. N. of a princess Lit. Buddh.


  शङ्खतीर्थ [ śaṅkhatīrtha ] [ śaṅkhá-tīrtha ] n. N. of a Tīrtha Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खदत्त [ śaṅkhadatta ] [ śaṅkhá-datta ] m. N. of a poet Lit. Rājat.

   of another man Lit. Kathās.


  शङ्खदारक [ śaṅkhadāraka ] [ śaṅkhá-dāraka ] m. a shell-cutter Lit. Col.


  शङ्खद्राव [ śaṅkhadrāva ] [ śaṅkhá-drāva ] m. a solvent for dissolving the conch or other shells (used in medicine) Lit. L.


  शङ्खद्रावक [ śaṅkhadrāvaka ] [ śaṅkhá-drāvaka ] m. a solvent for dissolving the conch or other shells (used in medicine) Lit. L.


  शङ्खद्राविन् [ śaṅkhadrāvin ] [ śaṅkhá-drāvin ] m. " shell-dissolver " , Rumex Vesicarius Lit. L.


  शङ्खद्वीप [ śaṅkhadvīpa ] [ śaṅkhá-dvīpa ] m. N. of a Dvīpa Lit. VP. ( one of the 6 islands of Anudvīpa , which lie in the southern sea Lit. L.)


  शङ्खधर [ śaṅkhadhara ] [ śaṅkhá-dhara ] m. N. of various authors (esp. of the author of the Laṭka-melana-prahasana) Lit. Cat.

   [ śaṅkhadharā ] f. Hingcha Repens Lit. Madanav.


  शङ्खधवला [ śaṅkhadhavalā ] [ śaṅkhá-dhavalā ] f. Jasminum Auriculatum Lit. L.


  शङ्खध्म [ śaṅkhadhma ] [ śaṅkhá-dhmá ] m. a shell-blower , one who plays on the conch or horn Lit. VS. Lit. ŚBr.


  शङ्खध्मा [ śaṅkhadhmā ] [ śaṅkhá-dhmā́ ] m. id. Lit. Vop.


  शङ्खध्वनि [ śaṅkhadhvani ] [ śaṅkhá-dhvani ] m. the sound of a conch or horn Lit. Mālatīm.


  शङ्खनक [ śaṅkhanaka ] [ śaṅkhá-naka ] m. = next Lit. L. ( prob. w.r.)


  शङ्खनख [ śaṅkhanakha ] [ śaṅkhá-nakha ] m. a kind of snail Lit. MBh. Lit. Vās.

   the shell of the Trochus Perspectivus Lit. MW.

   the perfume called Nakhi (Unguis Odoratus) or another kind of perfume Lit. L.


  शङ्खनाभ [ śaṅkhanābha ] [ śaṅkhá-nābha ] m. N. of a king (son of Vajra-nābha) Lit. VP.


  शङ्खनाभि [ śaṅkhanābhi ] [ śaṅkhá-nābhi ] f. a kind of shell Lit. Suśr.

   [ śaṅkhanābhī ] f. a kind of plant or drug Lit. ib. Lit. DivyA7v.


  शङ्खनाम्नी [ śaṅkhanāmnī ] [ śaṅkhá-nāmnī ] f. Andropogon Aciculatus Lit. L.


  शङ्खनारी [ śaṅkhanārī ] [ śaṅkhá-nārī ] f. a kind of metre Lit. Col.


  शङ्खनूपुरिणी [ śaṅkhanūpuriṇī ] [ śaṅkhá-nūpuriṇī ] f. having shell-bracelets and anklets Lit. Pāṇ. 5-2 , 128 Sch.


  शङ्खपद् [ śaṅkhapad ] [ śaṅkhá-pad ] m. ( strong form [ -pād ] ) N. of a being enumerated among the Viśve Devāḥ Lit. Hariv.

   of a son of Kardama (said to have been made regent of the south) Lit. VP.


  शङ्खपद [ śaṅkhapada ] [ śaṅkhá-pada ] m. N. of a son of Manu Svārocisha Lit. MBh.

   = next Lit. Hariv. Lit. VP.


  शङ्खपा [ śaṅkhapā ] [ śaṅkhá- ] m. N. of a son of Kardama Lit. VP.


  शङ्खपाणि [ śaṅkhapāṇi ] [ śaṅkhá-pāṇi ] m. " holding a conch in the hand " , N. of Vishṇu Lit. L.


  शङ्खपात्र [ śaṅkhapātra ] [ śaṅkhá-pātra ] n. a vessel formed like a conch-shell Lit. R.


  शङ्खपाद [ śaṅkhapāda ] [ śaṅkhá-pāda ] m. N. of a son of Kardama Lit. VP.

   of the chief of a partic. sect Lit. Cat.


  शङ्खपाल [ śaṅkhapāla ] [ śaṅkhá-pāla ] m. a kind of snake Lit. Suśr.

   a kind of sweetmeat (fr. Pers. $) Lit. L.

   N. of a serpent-demon Lit. Hariv. Lit. BhP.

   of a son of Kardama Lit. VP.

   [ śaṅkhapāla ] n. a house with a partic. defect ( also [ °laka ] ) , Vastuv.


  शङ्खपिण्ड [ śaṅkhapiṇḍa ] [ śaṅkhá-piṇḍa ] m. N. of a serpent-demon Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खपुर [ śaṅkhapura ] [ śaṅkhá-pura ] n. N. of a town Lit. Kathās.


  शङ्खपुष्पिका [ śaṅkhapuṣpikā ] [ śaṅkhá-puṣpikā ] f. Andropogon Aciculatus , Lit. Saṃskārak.


  शङ्खपुष्पी [ śaṅkhapuṣpī ] [ śaṅkhá-puṣpī ] f. id. Lit. Vas. Lit. Suśr. ( [ -śṛta ] mfn. boiled with the above plant Lit. Mn. xi , 148)

   Canscora Decussata Lit. L.


   शङ्खपुष्पीशृत [ śaṅkhapuṣpīśṛta ] [ śaṅkhá-puṣpī--śṛta ] m. f. n. , see [ śaṅkhapuṣpī ] , boiled with the the plant Andropogon Aciculatus Lit. Mn. xi , 148


  शङ्खपोटलिन् [ śaṅkhapoṭalin ] [ śaṅkhá-poṭalin ] m. a partic. mixture Lit. Bhpr.


  शङ्खप्रणाद [ śaṅkhapraṇāda ] [ śaṅkhá-praṇāda ] m. = [ -dhvani ] Lit. MW.


  शङ्खप्रवर [ śaṅkhapravara ] [ śaṅkhá-pravara ] m. an excellent or the best shell Lit. ib.


  शङ्खप्रस्थ [ śaṅkhaprastha ] [ śaṅkhá-prastha ] m. a spot in the moon Lit. L.


  शङ्खभस्मन् [ śaṅkhabhasman ] [ śaṅkhá-bhasman ] n. the ashes of a burnt shell Lit. L.


  शङ्खभिन्न [ śaṅkhabhinna ] [ śaṅkhá-bhinna ] m. f. n. Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 52 , Sch.


  शङ्खभृत् [ śaṅkhabhṛt ] [ śaṅkhá-bhṛt ] m. " conch-bearer " , N. of Vishṇu Lit. R.


  शङ्खमालिनी [ śaṅkhamālinī ] [ śaṅkhá-mālinī ] f. Andropogon Aciculatus Lit. L.


  शङ्खमित्र [ śaṅkhamitra ] [ śaṅkhá-mitra ] m. N. of a man Lit. Pravar.


  शङ्खमुक्ता [ śaṅkhamuktā ] [ śaṅkhá-muktā ] f. mother of pearl Lit. R.

   pl. shells and pearls Lit. MW.


  शङ्खमुख [ śaṅkhamukha ] [ śaṅkhá-mukha ] m. " shell-faced " , an alligator Lit. L.

   N. of a serpent-demon Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खमुद्रा [ śaṅkhamudrā ] [ śaṅkhá-mudrā ] f. a partic. position of the fingers Lit. Kālac.


  शङ्खमूल [ śaṅkhamūla ] [ śaṅkhá-mūla ] n. a partic. esculent root Lit. L.


  शङ्खमेखल [ śaṅkhamekhala ] [ śaṅkhá-mekhala ] m. N. of an ancient sage Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खमौक्तिक [ śaṅkhamauktika ] [ śaṅkhá-mauktika ] m. " shell-pearl " , a kind of wheat (the husks of which resemble a shell and the grains a pearl) Lit. L.


  शङ्खयूथिका [ śaṅkhayūthikā ] [ śaṅkhá-yūthikā ] f. Jasminum Auriculatum Lit. L.


  शङ्खराज् [ śaṅkharāj ] [ śaṅkhá-rāj ] m. the best of shells Lit. MW.


  शङ्खराज [ śaṅkharāja ] [ śaṅkhá-rāja ] m. N. of a king Lit. Rājat.


  शङ्खरावित [ śaṅkharāvita ] [ śaṅkhá-rāvita ] n. a sound of conches Lit. R.


  शङ्खरोमन् [ śaṅkharoman ] [ śaṅkhá-roman ] m. N. of a serpent-demon Lit. Hariv.


  शङ्खलक्षण [ śaṅkhalakṣaṇa ] [ śaṅkhá-lakṣaṇa ] n. N. of wk.


  शङ्खलिखित [ śaṅkhalikhita ] [ śaṅkhá-likhita ] m. f. n. perfect in its kind , faultless , flawless (with [ vṛtti ] f. faultless conduct) Lit. MBh.

   [ śaṅkhalikhita ] m. a king who practises justice , a Just king Lit. MW.

   m. du. the two Ṛishis Śaṅkha and Likhita (authors of a law-book) Lit. IW. 203


   शङ्खलिखितप्रिय [ śaṅkhalikhitapriya ] [ śaṅkhá-likhita--priya ] m. " beloved , by Śaṅkha and Likhita " , a friend of strict justice Lit. Kathās.


   शङ्खलिखितस्मृति [ śaṅkhalikhitasmṛti ] [ śaṅkhá-likhita--smṛti ] f. the law-book of Śaṅkha and Likhita.


  शङ्खवटीरस [ śaṅkhavaṭīrasa ] [ śaṅkhá-vaṭī-rasa ] m. a partic. mixture Lit. Bhpr.


  शङ्खवत् [ śaṅkhavat ] [ śaṅkhá-vat ] m. f. n. possessing or having a shell or shells Lit. L.


  शङ्खवलय [ śaṅkhavalaya ] [ śaṅkhá-valaya ] m. n. a shell-bracelet Lit. Śiś.


  शङ्खविष [ śaṅkhaviṣa ] [ śaṅkhá-viṣa ] n. white arsenic Lit. L.


  शङ्खशिरस् [ śaṅkhaśiras ] [ śaṅkhá-śiras ] m. N. of a serpent-demon Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खशिला [ śaṅkhaśilā ] [ śaṅkhá-śilā ] f. (prob.) a kind of stone Lit. Lalit. Lit. DivyA7v.


  शङ्खशीर्ष [ śaṅkhaśīrṣa ] [ śaṅkhá-śīrṣa ] m. N. of a serpent-demon Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खशुक्तिका [ śaṅkhaśuktikā ] [ śaṅkhá-śuktikā ] f. mother of pearl (= [ śuktikā ] ) Lit. L.


  शङ्खश्रीधर [ śaṅkhaśrīdhara ] [ śaṅkhá-śrī-dhara ] m. N. of a writer on Dharma Lit. Cat.


  शङ्खस्नान [ śaṅkhasnāna ] [ śaṅkhá-snāna ] n. N. of wk. (on bathing the images of gods with libations of water from conch-shells) Lit. ib.


  शङ्खस्मृति [ śaṅkhasmṛti ] [ śaṅkhá-smṛti ] f. Śaṅkha's law-book ( mentioned by Lit. Yājñ. and existing in a Bṛihat , Vṛiddha and Laghu recension) .


  शङ्खस्वन [ śaṅkhasvana ] [ śaṅkhá-svana ] m. = [ -dhvani ] Lit. MW.


  शङ्खस्वर [ śaṅkhasvara ] [ śaṅkhá-svara ] prob. w.r. for [ saṃkasvara ] = [ saṃkasuka ] , Lit. Mahāvy.


  शङ्खह्रद [ śaṅkhahrada ] [ śaṅkhá-hrada ] m. N. of a lake Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kathās.


  शङ्खाख्य [ śaṅkhākhya ] [ śaṅkhākhya ] m. a kind of perfume Lit. MW.


  शङ्खान्तर [ śaṅkhāntara ] [ śaṅkhāntara ] n. " the space between the temples " , the forehead


   शङ्खान्तरद्योतिन् [ śaṅkhāntaradyotin ] [ śaṅkhāntara--dyotin ] m. f. n. shining in the forehead Lit. Kum.


  शङ्खालु [ śaṅkhālu ] [ śaṅkhālu ] n. Dolichos Bulbosus Lit. L.


  शङ्खालुक [ śaṅkhāluka ] [ śaṅkhāluka ] n. Dolichos Bulbosus Lit. L.


  शङ्खावती [ śaṅkhāvatī ] [ śaṅkhā-vatī ] f. ( for [ śaṅkha-v ] ) N. of a river Lit. MārkP.


  शङ्खावर्त [ śaṅkhāvarta ] [ śaṅkhāvarta ] m. the convolution of a shell Lit. Bhpr.

   a kind of fistula in the rectum Lit. ŚārṅgP.


  शङ्खासुर [ śaṅkhāsura ] [ śaṅkhāsura ] m. the Daitya Śaṅkha Lit. MW.


  शङ्खाहत [ śaṅkhāhata ] [ śaṅkhāhata ] n. a partic. rite in the Gavām-ayana Lit. Lāṭy.


  शङ्खाह्वा [ śaṅkhāhvā ] [ śaṅkhāhvā ] f. Andropogon Aciculatus Lit. L.


  शङ्खोदक [ śaṅkhodaka ] [ śaṅkhodaka ] n. the water poured from a conch-shell Lit. MW.


  शङ्खोद्धार [ śaṅkhoddhāra ] [ śaṅkhoddhāra ] n. ( or [ °ra-tīrtha ] ) N. of a Tīrtha Lit. Cat.


   शङ्खोद्धारमाहात्म्य [ śaṅkhoddhāramāhātmya ] [ śaṅkhoddhāra--māhātmya ] n. N. of wk.


 शङ्खक [ śaṅkhaka ] [ śaṅkhaka ] m. n. the conch-shell (also worn as a bracelet) Lit. MBh.

  [ śaṅkhaka ] m. the temporal bone , forehead Lit. Yājñ.

  disease of the head (pain in the forehead with heat and puffiness of the temples) Lit. Suśr. Lit. ŚārṅgS.

  (with Jainas) one of the 9 treasures Lit. L.

  [ śaṅkhikā ] f. Andropogon Aciculatus Lit. L.

  [ śaṅkhaka ] n. a bracelet ( cf. above ) Lit. W.


 शङ्खण [ śaṅkhaṇa ] [ śaṅkhaṇa ] m. N. of various men Lit. VP.


 शङ्खलिका [ śaṅkhalikā ] [ śaṅkhalikā ] f. N. of one of the Mātṛis attendant on Skanda Lit. MBh.


 शङ्खिक [ śaṅkhika ] [ śaṅkhika ] m. N. of a man Lit. Buddh.


 शङ्खिन् [ śaṅkhin ] [ śaṅkhin ] m. f. n. possessing a conch (as Vishṇu) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

  bearing shells (as water) Lit. Āpast.

  possessing the treasure called Śaṅkha Lit. MārkP.

  possessed by the demon Śaṅkha Lit. ĀpGṛ.

  [ śaṅkhin ] m. the ocean Lit. L.

  a worker in shells Lit. L.

  N. of Vishṇu Lit. L.

  [ śaṅkhiṇī ] f. see next.


 शङ्खिनी [ śaṅkhinī ] [ śaṅkhinī ] f. of prec.

  mother of pearl Lit. Bālar.

  a partic. plant Lit. Suśr. Lit. Car. Lit. ŚārṅgS. (accord. to Lit. L. Andropogon Aciculatus , Cissampelos Hexandra = [ śveta-cukrā ] , [ śveta-puṃnāga ] , and [ śveta-vṛndā ] )

  a partic. vein ( [ nāḍī ] ) Lit. Cat.

  N. of one of the four classes into which females are divided ( the other three being [ citriṇī ] , [ padminī ] , and [ hastinī ] ) Lit. RTL. 389

  N. of a Śakti worshipped by Buddhists Lit. Kālac.

  a kind of semidivine being or fairy ( [ upadevatā-viśeṣa ] ) Lit. W.

  N. of a Tīrtha Lit. MBh.


  शङ्खिनीफल [ śaṅkhinīphala ] [ śaṅkhinī-phala ] m. Acacia Sirissa Lit. L.


  शङ्खिनीवास [ śaṅkhinīvāsa ] [ śaṅkhinī-vāsa ] m. Trophis Aspera Lit. L.


शंग [ śaṃga ] [ śaṃ-ga ] [ śaṃ-gaya ] see p. 1054 , col. 3.


शच् [ śac ] [ śac ] Root cl. [1] Ā. [ śacate ] , to be strong ( in this sense a collateral form of √ [ śak ] ) ; to speak out , speak , say , tell Lit. Dhātup. vi , 4.


 शचि [ śaci ] [ śaci ] ( Lit. L.) f. N. of the wife of Indra ( = [ śacī ] ) .


 शचिका [ śacikā ] [ śacikā ] ( Lit. VarBṛS.) f. N. of the wife of Indra ( = [ śacī ] ) .


 शचिष्ठ [ śaciṣṭha ] [ śáciṣṭha ] m. f. n. most powerful or helpful Lit. RV.


 शची [ śacī ] [ śácī ] f. the rendering of powerful or mighty help , assistance , aid (esp. said of the deeds of Indra and the Aśvins , instr. [ śácyā ] and [ śácībhis ] , often = " mightily " or , " helpfully " ) Lit. RV.

  kindness , favour , grace Lit. ib. Lit. AV. Lit. AitBr.

  skill , dexterity Lit. RV. Lit. VS.

  speech , power of speech , eloquence Lit. Naigh.

  N. of the wife of Indra ( derived fr. [ śacī-pati ] q.v.) Lit. ŚāṅkhGṛ. Lit. MBh.

  of the authoress of Lit. RV. x , 159 (having the patr. Paulomi) Lit. Anukr.

  Asparagus Racemosus Lit. L.

  a kind of coitus Lit. L.


  शचीतीर्थ [ śacītīrtha ] [ śácī-tīrtha ] n. N. of a Tīrtha , Lit. Śak.


  शचीनन्दन [ śacīnandana ] [ śácī-nandana ] m. metron. of Vishṇu Lit. Cat.


  शचीनर [ śacīnara ] [ śácī-nara ] m. N. of a king of Kāśmīra Lit. Rājat.


  शचीपति [ śacīpati ] [ śácī-páti ] m. ( [ śácī- ] ) lord of might or help (applied to Indra and the Aśvins) Lit. RV. Lit. AV.

   N. of Indra Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ( cf. [ kṣiti-ś ] ) .


  शचीपुरण्दर [ śacīpuraṇdara ] [ śacī-puraṇdara ] m. du. Śacī and Indra, Lit. Ragh. .


  शचीबल [ śacībala ] [ śácī-bala ] m. an actor who dresses like Śakra Lit. L.


  शचीरमण [ śacīramaṇa ] [ śácī-ramaṇa ] m. " lover or husband of Śaci " , N. of Indra Lit. Bālar.


  शचीवत् [ śacīvat ] [ śácī-vat ] ( [ śácī- ] ) m. f. n. mighty or helpful ( often in voc. [ -vas ] ) Lit. RV.


  शचीवसु [ śacīvasu ] [ śácī-vasu ] m. f. n. ( only in voc.) id. Lit. ib.


  शचीश [ śacīśa ] [ śacīśa ] m. " lord of Śacī " , N. of Indra Lit. L.


 शचोक [ śacoka ] [ śacoka ] m. N. of a poet Lit. Cat.


शञ्च् [ śañc ] [ śañc ] Root cl. [1] Ā. [ śaṅcate ] , to go Lit. L.


शट् [ śaṭ ] [ śaṭ ] Root (prob. artificial) cl. [1] P. [ śaṭati ] , to be sick ; to divide , pierce ; to be dissolved ; to be weary or dejected ; to go Lit. Dhātup. ix , 12 : cl. [10] Ā. [ śāṭayate ] Lit. Dhātup. xxxiii , 18 v.l. for √ 1. [ śaṭh ] .


 शट [ śaṭa ] [ śaṭa ] m. f. n. sour , astringent , acid Lit. L.

  [ śaṭa ] m. N. of a man g. [ gargādi ]

  of a son of Vasu-deva Lit. Hariv. ( prob. w.r. for [ śaṭha ] )

  of a country g. [ śaṇḍikādi ] .


 शटि [ śaṭi ] [ śaṭi ] f. the plant Curcuma Zedoaria Lit. L.

  a partic. kind of ginger (the fresh root of which is scented like a green mango) Lit. W.


 शती [ śatī ] [ śatī ] f. Curcuma Zedoaria Lit. Suśr. ( often written [ śaṭhī ] ) .


  शतीकर्ण [ śatīkarṇa ] [ śatī-karṇa ] g. [ suvāstv-ādi ] ( Lit. Kāś. ; cf. [ śakaṭīk ] ) .


शटा [ śaṭā ] [ śaṭā ] f. (= [ saṭā ] , [ jaṭā ] ) an ascetic's clotted hair Lit. W.


शट्टक [ śaṭṭaka ] [ śaṭṭaka ] n. flour of rice mixed with water and ghee Lit. Bhpr.


शठ् [ śaṭh ] [ śaṭh ]1 Root ( cf. [ śaṭ ] , [ śal ] ) cl. [10] Ā. [ śāṭhayate ] , to praise , flatter Lit. Dhātup. xxxiii , 18.


शठ् [ śaṭh ] [ śaṭh ]2 Root ( cf. √ 1. [ śvaṭh ] ) cl. [10] P. [ śaṭhayati ] , to speak ill (according to others " to speak well " ) ; to be true Lit. Dhātup. xxxv , 4.


शठ् [ śaṭh ] [ śaṭh ]3 Root ( cf. √ 2. [ śvaṭh ] , [ saṭh ] , [ svaṭh ] ) cl. [10] P. [ śāṭhayati ] , to accomplish , adorn (others " to leave unfinished or unornamented " ) ; to go , move Lit. Dhātup. xxxii , 28.


शठ् [ śaṭh ] [ śaṭh ]4 Root cl. [1] P. [ śaṭhati ] , to deceive ; to hurt ; to suffer pain Lit. Dhātup. ix , 65 ; cl. [10] P. [ śāthayati ] ( cf. √ [ śuṭh ] ) , to be idle or lazy Lit. ib.


 शठ [ śaṭha ] [ śaṭha ] m. f. n. false , deceitful , fraudulent , malignant , wicked Lit. Āpast. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  [ śaṭha ] m. a cheat , rogue (esp. a false husband or lover , who pretends affection for one female while his heart is fixed on another ; one of the four classes into which husbands are divided) Lit. W.

  a , fool , blockhead Lit. ib.

  an idler Lit. ib.

  a mediator , umpire Lit. L.

  the thorn-apple Lit. L.

  white mustard seed Lit. L.

  N. of an Asura Lit. MBh.

  of a son of Vasu-deva Lit. Hariv. (v.l. [ gada ] and [ suta ] )

  [ śaṭhī ] f. w.r. for [ śaṭī ] Lit. Car.

  [ śaṭha ] n. saffron Lit. L.

  Tabernaemontana Coronaria Lit. L.

  steel Lit. L.

  tin Lit. L.


  शठकोप [ śaṭhakopa ] [ śaṭha-kopa ] m. ( with [ ācārya ] ) N. of an author Lit. Cat.


   शठकोपविषय [ śaṭhakopaviṣaya ] [ śaṭha-kopa--viṣaya ] m. N. of wk.


   शठकोपसहस्रनामन् [ śaṭhakopasahasranāman ] [ śaṭha-kopa--sahasra-nāman ] n. N. of wk.


  शठता [ śaṭhatā ] [ śaṭha-tā ] f. ( Lit. L.) roguery , depravity , malice , wickedness ( [ -tācaraṇa ] n. wicked or roguish conduct Lit. MW.)


   शठताचरण [ śaṭhatācaraṇa ] [ śaṭha--tācaraṇa ] n. , see [ śaṭhatā ] , wicked or roguish conduct Lit. MW.


  शठत्व [ śaṭhatva ] [ śaṭha-tva ] n. ( Lit. Sāh.) roguery , depravity , malice , wickedness


  शठधी [ śaṭhadhī ] [ śaṭha-dhī ] ( Lit. Mṛicch.) m. f. n. wicked -minded , malicious.


  शठबुद्धि [ śaṭhabuddhi ] [ śaṭha-buddhi ] ( Lit. Prasaṅg. ; [ -tā ] f. Lit. R.) m. f. n. wicked -minded , malicious.


   शठबुद्धिता [ śaṭhabuddhitā ] [ śaṭha-buddhi--tā ] f. , see [ śaṭhabuddhi ] , Lit. R.


  शठमति [ śaṭhamati ] [ śaṭha-mati ] ( Lit. VP.) m. f. n. wicked -minded , malicious.


  शठवैरिवैभवदीपिका [ śaṭhavairivaibhavadīpikā ] [ śaṭha-vairi-vaibhava-dīpikā ] f. N. of wk.


  शठवैरिवैभवप्रभाकर [ śaṭhavairivaibhavaprabhākara ] [ śaṭha-vairi-vaibhava-prabhākara ] m. N. of wk.


  शठाम्बा [ śaṭhāmbā ] [ śaṭhāmbā ] f. Clypea Hernandifolia Lit. L.


  शठारि [ śaṭhāri ] [ śaṭhāri ] m. " enemy of the wicked " , ( with [ muni ] ) N. of an author Lit. Cat.


   शठारिव्युत्पत्तिदीपिका [ śaṭhārivyutpattidīpikā ] [ śaṭhāri--vyutpatti-dīpikā ] f. N. of a poem.


  शठोदर्क [ śaṭhodarka ] [ śaṭhodarka ] m. f. n. deceitful or wicked in the end Lit. MBh.


शढी [ śaḍhī ] [ śaḍhī ] f. ( cf. [ śaṭi ] ) a kind of plant Lit. L.


शण् [ śaṇ ] [ śaṇ ] Root cl. [1] [10] P. [ śaṇati ] , [ śaṇayati ] , to give ; to go Lit. Dhātup. xix , 35.


शण [ śaṇa ] [ śaṇá ] m. ( Lit. L. also n.) a kind of hemp , Cannabis Sativa or Crotolaria Juncea Lit. AV. , an arrow Lit. L.


  शणकुलाय [ śaṇakulāya ] [ śaṇá-kulāyá ] n. a texture of hemp , hempen cloth Lit. ŚBr.


  शणगौर [ śaṇagaura ] [ śaṇá-gaura ] m. f. n. yellowish like hemp Lit. R.


  शणघण्टिका [ śaṇaghaṇṭikā ] [ śaṇá-ghaṇṭikā ] f. Crotolaria of various species Lit. L.


  शणचूर्ण [ śaṇacūrṇa ] [ śaṇá-cūrṇa ] n. the refuse of hemp (after it has been crushed) Lit. L.


  शणतन्तु [ śaṇatantu ] [ śaṇá-tantu ] m. thread or string made of the fibre of the Crotolaria Juncea Lit. MW.


  शणतान्तव [ śaṇatāntava ] [ śaṇá-tāntava ] m. f. n. made of hempen string Lit. Mn. ii , 42.


  शणतूल [ śaṇatūla ] [ śaṇá-tūla ] n. fibres of hemp Lit. Suśr.


  शणपट्ट [ śaṇapaṭṭa ] [ śaṇá-paṭṭa ] m. a hempen bandage Lit. R.


  शणपर्णी [ śaṇaparṇī ] [ śaṇá-parṇī ] f. Pentaptera Tomentosa Lit. L.


  शणपुष्पिका [ śaṇapuṣpikā ] [ śaṇá-puṣpikā ] f. Crotolaria Verrucosa Lit. Car. Lit. Bhpr.


  शणपुष्पी [ śaṇapuṣpī ] [ śaṇá-puṣpī ] f. Crotolaria Verrucosa Lit. Car. Lit. Bhpr.


  शणफला [ śaṇaphalā ] [ śaṇá-phalā ] f. (prob.) a species of plant Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 64 Vārtt. 2 Lit. Pat ,


  शणमय [ śaṇamaya ] [ śaṇá-maya ] m. f. n. made of hemp , hempen Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.


  शणरज्जु [ śaṇarajju ] [ śaṇá-rajju ] f. a hempen cord or rope Lit. Kauś.


  शणवल्क [ śaṇavalka ] [ śaṇá-valka ] m. n. the bark of hemp Lit. R.


  शणशकल [ śaṇaśakala ] [ śaṇá-śakala ] m. a piece of hemp Lit. Kauś.


  शणशाक [ śaṇaśāka ] [ śaṇá-śāka ] m. pulse of hemp Lit. Cāṇ.


  शणशुल्ब [ śaṇaśulba ] [ śaṇá-śulba ] n. a hempen cord or string Lit. Kauś.


  शणसूत्र [ śaṇasūtra ] [ śaṇá-sūtra ] n. id. Lit. GṛŚrS.

   a net made of hemp Lit. W.


   शणसूत्रमय [ śaṇasūtramaya ] [ śaṇá-sūtra--maya ] m. f. n. consisting of hempen threads or cord Lit. Mn. ii , 44.


  शणालु [ śaṇālu ] [ śaṇālu ] m. Cathartocarpus or Cassia Fistula Lit. L.


  शणालुक [ śaṇāluka ] [ śaṇāluka ] m. Cathartocarpus or Cassia Fistula Lit. L.


 शणक [ śaṇaka ] [ śaṇaka ] m. N. of a man


  शणकबाभ्रव [ śaṇakabābhrava ] [ śaṇaka--bābhrava ] m. pl. g. [ kārta-kaujapādi ] ( Lit. Kāś. )


  शणिका [ śaṇikā ] [ śaṇikā ] f. Crotolaria of various species Lit. L.


शणीर [ śaṇīra ] [ śaṇīra ] n. a bank or alluvial island in the middle of the river Śoṇā Lit. L.

an island enclosed by the branches of the river Sarayū at the point where it falls into the Ganges above Chupra (this spot is also called Dardarī-taṭa , " Dardarī-bank " ) Lit. L.


शण्ठ [ śaṇṭha ] [ śaṇṭha ] m. f. n. = [ śaṭha ] Lit. L.

[ śaṇṭha ] m. an unmarried or an impotent man Lit. Uṇ. iv , 104 Sch. ( cf. [ ṣaṇḍha ] ) .


शण्ड् [ śaṇḍ ] [ śaṇḍ ] Root cl. [1] Ā. [ śaṇḍate ] , " to hurt " or " to collect " ( [ rujāyāṃ saṃghāte ca ] ) Lit. Dhātup. viii , 27.


 शण्ड [ śaṇḍa ] [ śaṇḍa ] m. thick sour milk , curds Lit. L.

  N. of an Asura priest (son of Śukra) Lit. VS. Lit. MaitrS. (later N. of a Yaksha)

  w.r. for [ ṣaṇḍha ] q.v.


  शण्डामर्क [ śaṇḍāmarka ] [ śáṇḍā-márka ] du. Śaṇḍa and Marka (two demons) Lit. TS. Lit. Br. ( cf. g. [ vanas-paty-ādi ] ) .


 शण्डिक [ śaṇḍika ] [ śaṇḍika ] m. a descendant of Śaṇḍa Lit. RV. ii , 30 , 8 ( Lit. Sāy.)

  N. of a country Lit. Pāṇ. 4-3 , 92

  [ śaṇḍikā ] f. = [ yuddha ] (in the language of the Draviḍas) Lit. Nīlak.


 शण्डिल [ śaṇḍila ] [ śaṇḍilá ] m. N. of a man (pl. his descendants) Lit. ĀśvŚr. Lit. TĀr. ( cf. [ śāṇḍila ] , [ °lya ] )

  [ śaṇḍilī ] f. N. of Parvati Lit. L.


शण्ढ [ śaṇḍha ] [ śaṇḍha ] w.r. for [ ṣaṇḍha ] .


शत् [ śat ] [ śat ] [ śātayati ] see √ 2. [ śad ] , p.1051.


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