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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.]
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