शुक्ति f. f. (
prob. fr. √
1.शुच् and
orig. ‘shining, bright’) a pearl-oyster or oyster shell (eight sources of pearls are enumerated by
Sch. on
[Kir. xii, 40] ,
viz. clouds, elephants, fish, serpents, bamboos, conch-shells, boars, and oyster shells),
[Kauś.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
a small shell or cockle,
[L.] a portion of a skull (used as a cup &c.),
[W.] a bone,
[BhP.] Tamarindus Indica,
[L.] Unguis Odoratus,
[L.] any perfume or fragrant substance,
[R.] a curl or feather on a horse's neck or breast,
[Śiś.] a measure of weight (= 1/2
पल or 4
कर्षs),
[ŚārṅgS.] a
partic. disease of the cornea,
[Suśr.] hemorrhoids,
[L.] शुक्ति m. m.N. of an
आङ्गिरस,
[PañcavBr.] सुक्ति of a mountain,
[MārkP.] (
w.r. )
pl. N. of a people,
[VarBṛS.]