The Sanskrit terms Śaṅkhakāra and Śaṅkhākāra and Śaṅkhakarā and Śaṅkhakara and Śaṃkhakara and Śaṃkhakarā can be transliterated into English as Sankhakara or Shankhakara or Samkhakara or Shamkhakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5

Śaṅkhākāra (शङ्खाकार) refers to one of the various kuṇḍas “fire-pit” described in the twenty-fifth chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā, dealing with the classification of the places for building the fire-pits. The Kuṇḍa (e.g., Śaṅkhākāra) is used for cooking and offering oblations to the sacred fire.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Śaṃkhakarā (शंखकरा) refers to “she who carries a conch in the hand”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 18.63-68, while describing the iconography of Mṛtyujit and the consort Amṛtalakṣmī]—“After [the Mantrin] has meditated on the beautiful form as indicated earlier, he should worship Mṛtyujit and Śrī Devī [Amṛtalakṣmī], [...]. She is charming [and] wears a pure white crown. [She has] one face, three eyes, [and is] seated in the baddhapadmāsana, adorned with a Yoga strap, a conch and lotus in [her] hand (śaṃkhakarā—śaṃkhapadmakarāṃ), the hands [forming the gestures of] wish-granting and protection. Four armed, Mahādevī is marked with all auspicious signs. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Śaṅkhakāra.—(EI 28), also called Śāṅkhika (q. v.); maker of conch-shell bangles. Note: śaṅkhakāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaṅkhakāra (शङ्खकार).—a shell-cutter described as a kind of mixed caste.

Derivable forms: śaṅkhakāraḥ (शङ्खकारः).

Śaṅkhakāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaṅkha and kāra (कार). See also (synonyms): śaṅkhakāraka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaṅkhakāra (शङ्खकार).—m.

(-raḥ) A worker in shells. E. śaṅkha a coach, and kāra maker.

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

Śaṅkhakāra (शङ्खकार):—[=śaṅkha-kāra] [from śaṅkha] m. a worker in shells, shell-cutter (described as a kind of mixed caste [according to] to some ‘the adulterous offspring of Vaiśya-parents whose mother is a widow’; cf. śaṅkhika), [Colebrooke]

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

Śaṅkhakāra (शङ्खकार):—[śaṅkha-kāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A worker in shells.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shankhakara 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shankha, Kara.

Starts with: Shankhakaraka.

Full-text: Shankhadaraka, Shankhakaraka, Shankhika, Kamsakara.

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