དུང་

དུང། (Wyl. dung ) Pron.: dung

• Skt. शङ्खः, śaṅkha, Pron.: shankha. From Sanskrit: a shell, (•esp.) 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 | a •partic. high number (said to = a hundred billions or 100, 000 krores) | the temporal bone, temple | to some also | an elephant's cheek or the part between the tusks | N. of the teeth of an elephant 23 years old | Unguis Odoratus | a •partic. Mantra | a kind of metre, Ked. | a military drum or other martial instrument | N. of one of the 8 chiefs of the Nāgas | of a Daitya (who conquered the gods, stole the Vedas, and carried them off to the bottom of the sea, from whence they were recovered by Vishṇu in the form of a fish) | of a demon dangerous to children | of a mythical elephant | N. of various men | N. of a Gotra | of a son of Virāṭa | of a son of Vajra-nābha | of a law-giver | often mentioned together with his brother Likhita | below | of the author of | having the | of another poet | of a country in the south of India (said to abound in shells) | of a mountain | of a forest [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW