करङ्क

{ karaṅkḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : कमंडल

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

करङ्क  m.  m. the skull, head, [Kathās.]; [Mālatīm.]
a cocoa-nut hollowed to form a cup or vessel, [L.]
a kind of sugar-cane ( cf. the next), [L.]
any bone of the body, [L.]
करङ्क   [ cf. Gk. κάρυον, κέρας, καρκίνος; Lat. carina, cornu, cancer; Eng. horn; cf. karka.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

करङ्कः [karaṅkḥ]   1 A skeleton.
The skull; प्रेतरङ्कः करङ्का- दङ्कस्थादस्थिसंस्थं स्थपुटगतमपि क्रव्यमव्यग्रमत्ति [Māl.5.16;] also 5.19; प्रेतरङ्कोऽङ्कमारोप्य करङ्कमकुतोभयः [Śiva. B.14.79.]
A small pot (of cocoa-nut); a small box, as in ताम्बूलकरङ्कवाहिनी (used in Kādambarī); cf. also रौप्यान् रौक्मांश्च पर्यङ्कान्, करङ्कांश्च पतद्ग्रहान् [Śiva. B.17.43.]
A kind of sugar-cane.
Any bone of the body. -Comp.
-शालिः   A sort of sugar-cane.

Shabda-Sagara

करङ्क  m.  ( -ङ्कः)
1. The head.
2. A cocoanut hollowed so as to form a cup or vessel.
3. Any bone of the body.
4. A kind of sugar-cane.
E. कॄ to send or throw, &c. अंक aff.

ROOTS:

कॄ अंक