The Sanskrit terms Śaṅkhacūrṇa and Śaṃkhacūrṇa can be transliterated into English as Sankhacurna or Shankhacurna or Samkhacurna or Shamkhacurna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shankhachurna.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Śaṅkhacūrṇa (शङ्खचूर्ण) refers to the “powder of conch” and is included in a (snake) poison antidote recipe, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Several herbal formulations have been recommended in the segment exclusively for lepa or ointment to counter poison. According to Kāśyapasaṃhitā (verse VIII.43), “Also, the unguent gotten from mixing the powder of conch (śaṅkhacūrṇa-anulepana) and tamarind water, when applied, quells even the poison of the serpent of the class of Takṣaka”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaṅkhacūrṇa (शङ्खचूर्ण).—powder produced from shells.

Derivable forms: śaṅkhacūrṇam (शङ्खचूर्णम्).

Śaṅkhacūrṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaṅkha and cūrṇa (चूर्ण).

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

Śaṅkhacūrṇa (शङ्खचूर्ण):—[=śaṅkha-cūrṇa] [from śaṅkha] n. shell-powder, p° produced from shells, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shankhacurna in German

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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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Partial matches: Shankha, Curna.

Starts with: Shankhacurnadi.

Full-text: Prapandura, Curna.

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