Shankhacuda, Śaṅkhacūḍa, Śaṅkhacūḍā, Śaṃkhacūḍa: 8 definitions

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Shankhacuda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Śaṅkhacūḍa and Śaṅkhacūḍā and Śaṃkhacūḍa can be transliterated into English as Sankhacuda or Shankhacuda or Samkhacuda or Shamkhacuda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shankhacuda.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

1) Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड).—An Asura. Sudāmā became this asura as the result of a curse. (For details see under Tulasī, Para 5).

2) Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड).—A slave of Kubera. While Kṛṣṇa and Balabhadra were enjoying pleasures with naked Gopastrīs at Vṛndāvana Śaṅkhacūḍa, attracted by the Gopī women, went there. He abducted the women and in the fight that ensued was killed by Kṛṣṇa, who gave to Balabhadra the precious stone taken from his (Śaṅkhacūḍa's) head. (Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha).

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड) (as an incarnation of Sudāmā) is the son of Dambha (grandson of sage Kaśyapa and Danu), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.27 (“The birth of Śaṅkhacūḍa”).—Accordingly, [as Sanatkumāra narrates to Vyāsa]: “O sage, now listen to another story of Śiva lovingly, by listening to which the devotion to Śiva is stabilised. The story narrates how the heroic Dānava Śaṅkhacūḍa who harassed the gods was killed by Śiva in the battle by means of his trident. O Vyāsa, listen lovingly to the story of Śiva, divine, holy and destructive of sins. I shall narrate the same because of my affection to you. [...]”;

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

1a) Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड).—A chief Nāga of pātāla.^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 24. 31; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 33. 36.

1b) A follower of Kubera. He seized certain gopis whom Kṛṣṇa recovered. He was pursued and his head cut off. His cūḍāmaṇi was presented to Balarāma.^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 34. 25-32.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Kavya (poetry)

Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड) is the name of a Nāga that was to be offered to Garuḍa, when Jīmūtavāhana interfered and offered to take his place instead, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 22. Garuḍa is the “king of the birds”, and mentioned as the son of Vinatā (one of the two wives of Kaśyapa),

Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड) is also mentioned in the sixteenth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 90. Accordingly, Jīmūtavāhana reflected: “... I see this is an unhappy snake, of the name of Śaṅkhacūḍa, who has now been sent by King Vāsuki, to serve as food for Garuḍa...”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śaṅkhacūḍa, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड).—Son of Śaṅkhapāla, a nāga mentioned by Soḍḍhala.—According to Śaṅkhacūḍa, the fame of his family was as white as a conch-shell which was a popular standard of comparision for witeness.

Source: Shodhganga: A critical appreciation of soddhalas udayasundarikatha

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Śaṅkhacūḍā (शङ्खचूडा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) [defined as इ.इ.वं.वं] of the Vaṃśastha type as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—We find seventeen examples of Śaṅkhacūḍā variety of Vaṃśastha metre in the Bhīṣmacarita. The example of it is verse XV.24. [...] The other examples are as follows: XV.39, XVI.12, XVI.16, XVI.24, XVI.37, XVII.4, XVIII.29, XVIII.52, XIX.3, XIX.6, XIX.21, XIX.27, XIX.35, XIX.50, XX.37 and XX.51.

Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Sanskrit dictionary

1) Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड):—[=śaṅkha-cūḍa] [from śaṅkha] m. Name of an Asura, [Pañcarātra]

2) [v.s. ...] of a Gandharva, [Catalogue(s)]

3) [v.s. ...] of one of Kubera’s attendants, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] of a serpent-demon, [Nāgānanda] (also ḍaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaṅkhacūḍa (शङ्खचूड):—m. Nomen proprium

1) eines Asura [Oxforder Handschriften 25], a, [5. 6.] [WILSON], Sel. Works [1, 175.] [PAÑCAR. 2, 5, 62.] —

2) eines Gandharva [Oxforder Handschriften 24], a, [17. fgg.] —

3) eines Wesens im Gefolge Kubera's [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 34, 25.] —

4) eines Schlangendämons [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 208. 90, 120. fgg.] [NĀGĀN. 58, 1. 59, 15.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 31.] [Oxforder Handschriften 71], b, 6.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

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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.

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