Kshudrashankha, Kṣudraśaṅkha, Kshudra-shankha, Kshudrashamkha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣudraśaṅkha can be transliterated into English as Ksudrasankha or Kshudrashankha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣudraśaṅkha (क्षुद्रशङ्ख).—a small conch-shell.
Derivable forms: kṣudraśaṅkhaḥ (क्षुद्रशङ्खः).
Kṣudraśaṅkha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣudra and śaṅkha (शङ्ख).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣudraśaṅkha (क्षुद्रशङ्ख).—m.
(-ṅkhaḥ) A small shell. E. kṣudra, and śaṅkha a shell.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣudraśaṅkha (क्षुद्रशङ्ख):—[=kṣudra-śaṅkha] [from kṣudra > kṣud] m. a small conch shell, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣudraśaṅkha (क्षुद्रशङ्ख):—[kṣudra-śaṅkha] (ṅkhaḥ) 1. m. A small shell.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣudraśaṃkha (ಕ್ಷುದ್ರಶಂಖ):—[noun] a thick heavy, spiral shell, bearing short projections, of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Strombidae; a small conch.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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