शङ्कु

{ śaṅkuḥ, śaṅku }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚAṄKU I   A son of Hiraṇyākṣa. Śambara, Śakuni, Dvimūrdhā, Śaṅku and Ārya were the sons of Hiraṇyāksa [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19] .
ŚAṄKU II   A Yādava King who was present at the wedding of Draupadī. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 19] . He was a member of the company of Yādavas, who carried Subhadrā's dowry at her wedding with Arjuna. He was a mahārathī also. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14] ; [Ādi Parva, Chapter 220] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : कील, शंख, कोन, शंकु, शंकु, शंकु, शंकु, शंकु, शंख

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शङ्कु  m.  1. m. (for 2. See col.2) fear, terror, [W.]
शङ्कु  m.  2. m. (of doubtful derivation) a peg, nail, spike, [RV.] &c. &c.
   a stick, [Hariv.]
   a stake, post, pillar, [MBh.]
शन्का   an arrow, spear, dart ( fig. applied to the ‘sting’ of sorrow, pain &c.; cf.-, शोक-श् &c.), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
   a partic. weapon or any weapon, [L.]
   the pin or gnomon of a dial (usually twelve fingers long), [Col.]
   a kind of forceps (used for the extraction of a dead fetus), [Suśr.]
   the fibre or vein of a leaf, [ChUp.]
   the measure of twelve fingers, [L.]
   (in astron.) the sine of altitude, [Sūryas.]
   a partic. high number, ten billions (compared to an innumerable collection of ants), [MBh.]; [R.]
अंश   the clapper of a bell, [Govardh.] ( [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 राक्षस; N. of शिव; of a गन्धर्व attendant on शिव; of काम; of a नाग; = )
गर्गादि    N. of a man g.
   of a दानव, [Hariv.]
   of a वृष्णि (son of उग्र-सेन), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
   of a son of कृष्ण, [Hariv.]
शङ्कुक   of a poet (= q.v.), [Cat.]
   of a. Brāhman, [Buddh.]
शङ्कु  n.  n. N. of a सामन्, [ĀrṣBr.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शङ्कुः [śaṅkuḥ]   [शङ्क्-उण् [Uṇ.1.36] ]
   A dart, spear, spike, javelin, dagger; oft. at the end of comp; शोकशङ्कुः 'the dart of grief', i. e. sharp or poignant grief; तथैव तीव्रो हृदि शोकशङ्कुर्मर्माणि कृन्तन्नपि किं न सोढः [U.3.35;] [R.8.93;] [Ki.16.15.]
   A stake, pillar, post, pale; महासुहयः सैन्धवः पड्वीशशङ्कून् संवृहेत् [Bri. Up.6.1.13;] निखातशङ्कुसंबद्धसैन्धवश्रेणिसंयुतम् [Siva.B.2.] 53.
   A nail, pin, peg; बभूवु सप्त दुर्धर्षाः खादिरैः शङ्कुभि- श्चिताः [Mb.3.284.3;] अयःशङ्कुचितां रक्षः शतघ्नीमथ शत्रवे (अक्षिपत्) [R.12.95.]
   The sharp head or point of an arrow, barb; [Dk.1.1.]
   The trunk (of a lopped tree), stump, pollard.
   The pin of a dial.
   A measure of twelve fingers.
   A measuring-rod.
   The sine of altitude (in astr.).
   Ten billions.
   The fibres of a leaf; यथा शङ्कुना सर्वाणि पर्णानि संतृण्णानि [Ch. Up. 2.23.3.]
   An ant-hill.
   The penis.
   The skate-fish.
   A demon.
   Poison.
   Sin; crime.
   An aquatic animal, particularly, a goose.
  N. N. of Śiva.
   The Sāla tree.
   A kind of perfume (नखी).
  N. N. of Kāma, the god of love. -Comp.
-कर्ण a.  a. spike-eared; महावृक्षगलस्कन्धः शङ्कुकर्णो बिभीषणः [Mb.1.152.4.] (-र्णः) an ass.
-च्छाया   the shadow of a gnomon.
-जीवा   (in astr.) the gnomon sine.
-तरुः, -वृक्षः   the Sāla tree.
-धानम्   a hole for a pin.
-पुच्छम्   the sting (of a bee etc.).
-फला, -फलिका   the Śamī tree.
   मुखः a crocodile.
   a kind of leech.
-मूली   the 15th day of the light half of मार्गशीर्ष.

Shabda-Sagara

शङ्कु  m.  ( -ङ्कुः)
   1. The trunk of a lopped tree.
   2. A javelin, a spear.
   3. A pin, a stake, a pale.
   4. The gnomon of a dial, usually twelve fingers long.
   5. A long thin column in front of a pagoda.
   6. The penis. 7. A number.
   8. The small fibres of a leaf.
   9. The scate fish, (Raia Sankur, HAM.)
   10. A sort of perfume, commonly Nakhi.
   11. A goose.
   12. An ant-hill.
   13. A goblin, a demon.
   14. A Gandharba attached to ŚIVA.
   15. A name of ŚIVA.
   16. KĀMA.
   17. Sin.
   18. Fear, terror.
   19. The pointed head of an arrow, a shaft.
   20. A measuring rod.
   21. A large number “ten billions.”
   22. Poison.
   23. Sine of altitude, (in astro.)
    E. शकि to doubt or apprehend, aff. उण् .

ROOTS:

शकि उण् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : कीलकः