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शङ्क śaku, s.m. Fear, apprehension;—a stake, spike; pile, post, pale, pin, style, peg, pillar; a dart, javelin, spear; a weapon; the trunk (of a lopped tree); the gnomon (of a dial); needle (of a compass); a cross (used in surveying);—the tree Shorea robusta; the skatefish, Raia sankur; a goose; an ant-hill; a very high number, ten billions (as implied by an innumerable collection of ants); a demon; poison; sin; an epithet of Śiva; a name of Kāmdev.