The corpus record — Sanskrit

śaṅkhān

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. Sankhä-

Sankhä- m. Muschel {AV +); sankha-dhmd- m. Muschelbläser (VS +; 0.1 775). - Mi., ni, pä. sankha- m. Muschel, usw (Tu 12263 [mit Verweisen]; TuAdd 12263). - Idg. *Konk’o (s.u.), vgl gr. xöyxoc m. {f)), xöyın f. Muschel, Muschel schale. Denkbar ist auch *konkh,-o- — **Kkonkeh,- (des Typus *röthyro *roteh,-, 0. 11 429), die Argumente für ein Kulturlehnwort (s KFW \ III 290 [mit Lit.], Bee, Dev 181 Anm 38, Mh, LI 98) … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. Sankhä-, p. 632]

2. śaṅkha

śaṅkha 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), AV. &c. &c., IW. 403

3. śaṅkha

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

4. śāṅkha

śāṅkha mf(ī)n. ( fr. śaṅkha) relating to or made of a conch or any shell

In the wild

śaṅkhān Bhagavad Gita 1.18

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. sankha (vol. 3, scan p. 659; entry #8272).

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