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Results for शाङ्खिक

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शाङ्खिकśāṅkhikaA shell-cutter, worker in shells.
[शङ्ख-ठञ्]
1. A shell-cutter, worker in shells.
2. Name of a mixed tribe.
3. A shell-blower; त्वरमाण- शाङ्खिकसवेगवदनपवनाभिपूरितः Śi.15.72.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शाङ्खिकśāṅkhikamf(ई)n. made from or relating to a conch-shell or to any shell, shelly W.
1. mf(ई)neuter gender made from or relating to a conch-shell or to any shell, shelly W.
2. masculine gender a shell-blower or player on the conch-shell S3is3.
3. masculine gender a shell-cutter, worker or dealer in shells (constituting a particular caste called S3a1n3kha1ri Sankhari) Lexicographers
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