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शङ्खor शंख śakh, s.m. A shell; the conch-shell (used by the Hindūs for offering libations, or when perforated at one end, for blowing as a horn); a horn, trumpet; a military drum;—a temporal bone, temple; the bone of the forehead, frontal bone; an elephant's cheek; a kind of perfume; a particular high number, ten or a hundred billions;—one of Kuvera's treasures:—śakhāsur (˚kha+as˚), s.m. The daityaor demon Sakha (slain by Vishu):—śakh-ćū, s.m. Name of a demon slain by Krish:—śakh-dhvani, s.f. The sound of a conch or horn.