शङ्ख

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śankʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉankʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóngʰ-os, from *ḱongʰ- (“shell”). Cognate with Latin congius, Ancient Greek κόγχος (kónkhos). Compare also English conch, an Ancient Greek borrowing.

शङ्ख • (śaṅkhá) m or n

a shell, (especially) 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 of ten has a name)
a particularly high number (said to equal hundred of billions)

Masculine a-stem declension of शङ्ख (śaṅkhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शङ्खः śaṅkháḥ	शङ्खौ śaṅkhaú	शङ्खाः / शङ्खासः¹ śaṅkhā́ḥ / śaṅkhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	शङ्ख śáṅkha	शङ्खौ śáṅkhau	शङ्खाः / शङ्खासः¹ śáṅkhāḥ / śáṅkhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शङ्खम् śaṅkhám	शङ्खौ śaṅkhaú	शङ्खान् śaṅkhā́n
Instrumental	शङ्खेन śaṅkhéna	शङ्खाभ्याम् śaṅkhā́bhyām	शङ्खैः / शङ्खेभिः¹ śaṅkhaíḥ / śaṅkhébhiḥ¹
Dative	शङ्खाय śaṅkhā́ya	शङ्खाभ्याम् śaṅkhā́bhyām	शङ्खेभ्यः śaṅkhébhyaḥ
Ablative	शङ्खात् śaṅkhā́t	शङ्खाभ्याम् śaṅkhā́bhyām	शङ्खेभ्यः śaṅkhébhyaḥ
Genitive	शङ्खस्य śaṅkhásya	शङ्खयोः śaṅkháyoḥ	शङ्खानाम् śaṅkhā́nām
Locative	शङ्खे śaṅkhé	शङ्खयोः śaṅkháyoḥ	शङ्खेषु śaṅkhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of शङ्ख (śaṅkhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शङ्खम् śaṅkhám	शङ्खे śaṅkhé	शङ्खानि / शङ्खा¹ śaṅkhā́ni / śaṅkhā́¹
Vocative	शङ्ख śáṅkha	शङ्खे śáṅkhe	शङ्खानि / शङ्खा¹ śáṅkhāni / śáṅkhā¹
Accusative	शङ्खम् śaṅkhám	शङ्खे śaṅkhé	शङ्खानि / शङ्खा¹ śaṅkhā́ni / śaṅkhā́¹
Instrumental	शङ्खेन śaṅkhéna	शङ्खाभ्याम् śaṅkhā́bhyām	शङ्खैः / शङ्खेभिः¹ śaṅkhaíḥ / śaṅkhébhiḥ¹
Dative	शङ्खाय śaṅkhā́ya	शङ्खाभ्याम् śaṅkhā́bhyām	शङ्खेभ्यः śaṅkhébhyaḥ
Ablative	शङ्खात् śaṅkhā́t	शङ्खाभ्याम् śaṅkhā́bhyām	शङ्खेभ्यः śaṅkhébhyaḥ
Genitive	शङ्खस्य śaṅkhásya	शङ्खयोः śaṅkháyoḥ	शङ्खानाम् śaṅkhā́nām
Locative	शङ्खे śaṅkhé	शङ्खयोः śaṅkháyoḥ	शङ्खेषु śaṅkhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Monier-Williams (accessed 2008-02-04), “Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎

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