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Shankha
शंखSay it SHUNK-huh
- Meaning today
- Conch shell
- Original meaning
- "a shell, especially the conch blown as a horn" Monier-Williams, p. 1047
- Say it
- SHUNK-huh
- Written
- शंख
- Other spellings
- Sankha, Shankh, Shonkho
Shankha
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Shankha meaning
Shankha (शंख) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin (Bengali usage).
A shell, especially the conch blown as a horn
Also used to mean: conch shell
Shankha (शंख) is Sanskrit śaṅkha, a shell and above all the conch. Monier-Williams notes that a conch pierced at one end serves as a horn, and that each hero of the epics has his own conch; in the Bhagavad Gītā Kṛṣṇa blows his conch Pāñcajanya before the battle of Kurukshetra. The conch is also one of Viṣṇu's emblems, and in Bengal shankha is the white conch-shell bangle worn by married women. Name lists give "conch shell", matching the dictionary. The Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh carried the name.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1047 · entry śaṅkha · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śaṅkha, p. 1047 · Wikipedia, Shankha Ghosh
Famous namesakes
- Shankha Ghosh, Bengali poet
Spellings
Shankha · Sankha · Shankh · Shonkho