शङ्ख

Etymology
Apparently from with unexplained devoicing of the velar stop; doubtfully connected to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a shell, (especially) the conch-shell (used for making libations of water or as an ornament for the arms or for the temples of an elephant ; a conch-shell perforated at one end is also used as a wind instrument or horn; in the battles of epic poetry, each hero being represented as provided with a conch-shell which serves as his horn or trumpet and often has a name)
 * 2) a particularly high number (said to equal hundred of billions)

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