Shankhaka, Śaṅkhaka: 7 definitions
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Shankhaka has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaṅkhaka can be transliterated into English as Sankhaka or Shankhaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṅkhaka (शङ्खक):—(von śaṅkha)
1) m. n. Muschel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 101.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 162.] als Blasinstrument [Tithyāditattva] (s. u. jhallaka 1). als Schmuck am Arm getragen [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 12, 6652.] —
2) m. Schläfenbein [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 90.] —
3) stechender Schmerz in den Schläfen [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Suśruta 2, 376, 5. 377, 11.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 7, 85.] —
4) m. einer der 9 Schätze bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 193, Scholiast] —
5) śaṅkhikā f. Andropogon aciculatus Roxb. [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Starts with: Shankhakara, Shankhakaraka, Shankhakarna.
Full-text: Shankhika, Jhallaka, Saptanaga, Sarvaratnaka, Naisarpa, Pingala, Sarvaratna, Shankha, Panduka, Manava, Mahakala, Mahapadma, Kala.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 9 - Prognosis from the Dark-red coloration < [Indriyasthana (Indriya Sthana) — Section on Sensorial Prognosis]
Chapter 18 - The Three Kinds of Edema (shotha) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 9 - Disorders affecting the Three Vital Regions in the body (trimarma-sddhi) < [Siddhisthana (Siddhi Sthana) — Section on Successful Treatment]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 17: Conquest of the nine treasures by Sagara < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Part 15: The nine treasures < [Chapter IV]
Part 4: War between Kṛṣṇa and Jarāsandha < [Chapter VII - Marriages of Śāmba and Pradyumna]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CLXXII - The Nidanam of diseases of the head < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CXXIX - The Pratipad Vratas < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Hygiene of the Head and Neck region < [Chapter 6]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - Śaṅkara’s Revelation of Himself to Pārvatī: Their Dialogue < [Section 1 - Kedāra-khaṇḍa]