शङ्ख

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱon- (“shell”). Cognate with Latin congius, Ancient Greek κόγχος (konkhos).

Noun

शङ्ख (śaṅkhá) m, n

1. 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)
2. a particularly high number (said to equal hundred of billions)

Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of शङ्ख

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ)	शङ्खौ (śaṅkhau)	शङ्खाः (śaṅkhāḥ)
Vocative	शङ्ख (śaṅkha)	शङ्खौ (śaṅkhau)	शङ्खाः (śaṅkhāḥ)
Accusative	शङ्खम् (śaṅkham)	शङ्खौ (śaṅkhau)	शङ्खान् (śaṅkhān)
Instrumental	शङ्खेन (śaṅkhena)	शङ्खाभ्याम् (śaṅkhābhyām)	शङ्खैः (śaṅkhaiḥ)
Dative	शङ्खाय (śaṅkhāya)	शङ्खाभ्याम् (śaṅkhābhyām)	शङ्खेभ्यः (śaṅkhebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शङ्खात् (śaṅkhāt)	शङ्खाभ्याम् (śaṅkhābhyām)	शङ्खेभ्यः (śaṅkhebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शङ्खस्य (śaṅkhasya)	शङ्खयोः (śaṅkhayoḥ)	शङ्खानाम् (śaṅkhānām)
Locative	शङ्खे (śaṅkhe)	शङ्खयोः (śaṅkhayoḥ)	शङ्खेषु (śaṅkheṣu)

References

Monier Monier-Williams, "Sanskrit-English Dictionary", URL accessed on 2008-02-04.