The Sanskrit term Śaṅkumukha can be transliterated into English as Sankumukha or Shankumukha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami Temple

Śaṅkumukham is the name of a beach which forms a destination of festivals and vehicle processions, as explained in the eighth and ninth chapters of the Syānandūrapuravarṇana-prabandha by Svāti-Tirunāḷ (1813-1846) (one of the rulers of Travancore) which deals with the different activities of the Thiruvananthapuram Temple, including ceremonies and festivals.—Chapter eight and nine of the Syānadūrapuravarṇana are devoted to a detailed account of the procession held on the tenth day, which progresses towards the seashore for a holy dip, and the rituals related to the holy dip as we see today are explained: [...] As the vehicles carrying the Lords move out through the western fort walls, they are greeted with a twenty-one gun salute. Once the procession reaches the beach, known as śaṅkumukham, which is about five kilometres from the temple, the vehicles are brought to rest in the granite maṇḍapam near the beach. Then the idols are taken off the vehicles and carried towards the beach and specific rituals pertaining to the holy bath are performed.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaṅkumukha (शङ्कुमुख).—

1) a crocodile.

2) a kind of leech.

Derivable forms: śaṅkumukhaḥ (शङ्कुमुखः).

Śaṅkumukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaṅku and mukha (मुख).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaṅkumukha (शङ्कुमुख).—[feminine] ī having a pointed mouth.

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

1) Śaṅkumukha (शङ्कुमुख):—[=śaṅku-mukha] [from śaṅku] mf(ī)n. having a pointed or sharp mouth (as a mouse), [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a crocodile, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of leech, [Suśruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shankumukha 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: Mukha, Shanku.

Full-text: Shankhamukha.

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