[śaṃk-uṇ Uṇ. 1. 36] 1 A dart, spear, spike, javelin, dagger; oft. at the end of comp.; śokaśaṃkuḥ ‘the dart of grief’, i. e. sharp or poignant grief; U. 3. 35; R. 8. 93.

2 A stake, pillar, post, pale.

3 A nail, pin, peg; R. 12. 95.

4 The sharp head or point of an arrow, barb.

5 The trunk (of a lopped tree), stump, pollard.

6 The pin of a dial.

7 A measure of twelve fingers.

8 A measuring-rod

9 The...