Lohashanku, Lohaśaṅku, Loha-shanku: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Lohaśaṅku can be transliterated into English as Lohasanku or Lohashanku, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLohaśaṅku (लोहशङ्कु).—
1) an iron spike.
2) Name of a hell; लोहशङ्कुमृजीषं च पन्थानं शाल्मलीं नदीम् (lohaśaṅkumṛjīṣaṃ ca panthānaṃ śālmalīṃ nadīm) Manusmṛti 4.9.
Derivable forms: lohaśaṅkuḥ (लोहशङ्कुः).
Lohaśaṅku is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loha and śaṅku (शङ्कु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohaśaṅku (लोहशङ्कु).—m.
(-ṅkuḥ) 1. A hell. 2. An iron pike. E. loha, śaṅku a pike.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohaśaṅku (लोहशङ्कु).—m. 1. an iron pike. 2. a hell, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 90.
Lohaśaṅku is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loha and śaṅku (शङ्कु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohaśaṅku (लोहशङ्कु).—[masculine] a cert. hell.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Lohaśaṅku (लोहशङ्कु):—[=loha-śaṅku] [from loha] m. an iron stake or spike, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] ‘iron-spiked’, Name of a hell, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohaśaṅku (लोहशङ्कु):—[loha-śaṅku] (ṅkuḥ) 2. m. A hell; iron pike.
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Partial matches: Shanku, Loha.
Full-text: Lauhashanku, Naraka.
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