शुक्ति

{ śuktiḥ }

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

शुक्ति (आंगिरस) n.  एक सामद्रष्टा आचार्य [पं. ब्रा. १२.५.१६] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A pearl-oyster. Pr. शुक्तिकेपासून मौक्तिक. 2 A half of an oyster-shell, cockle, muscle, or other bivalvular shell.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 f  A pearl-oyster.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. १ शिंपी . कां शुक्ति ते शुक्ति । हे होय प्रतीति । - ज्ञा १३ . ११३८ . २ मोत्यांचा शिंपला . निडाराचेनि कोंदाटें । मोतियें नावरती संपुटें । मग शिवणी जैशी उतटे । शुक्तिपल्लवांची । - ज्ञा ६ . २६६ . शुक्तिमान् ‍ - पु . सात कुलाचलांपैकी एक पर्वत . सप्तपर्वत पहा .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

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.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शुक्तिः [śuktiḥ]  f. f. [शुच्-क्तिन् [Uṇn.4.191] ]
An oyster shell, pearl-oyster; पात्रविशेषन्यस्तं गुणान्तरं व्रजति शिल्पमाधातुः । जलमिव समुद्रशुक्तौ मुक्ताफलतां पयोदस्य ॥ [M.1.6;] [Bh.2.67;] [R. 13.17.]
A conchshell.
A small shell, muscle.
A portion of the skull.
A curl of hair on a horse's breast (or neck); आवर्तिनः शुभफलप्रदशुक्तियुक्ताः [Śi.5.4;] see Malli. thereon.
A kind of perfume.
A particular weight equal to two Karṣas.
Hemorrhoids.
A bone; मुनेः शुक्तिभिरुत्सिक्तो भगवत्तेजसान्वितः [Bhāg.6.] 1.13. -Comp.
-उद्भवम्, -जम्   a pearl.
-कर्ण a.  a. shelleared.
-खलति a.  a. completely bald.
-चूर्णकः   a variety of inferior gems looking like an oyster shell; [Kau.A.2.11.]
-पुटम्, -पेशी   a pearl-oyster shell.-बी(वी)जम्,
-वधूः   the pearloyster.
-स्पर्शः   dusky spots on a pearl.

Shabda-Sagara

शुक्ति  f.  ( -क्तिः)
1. A pearl-oyster.
2. A conch.
3. A small shell.
4. A cockle.
5. A sort of perfume, in appearance a dried shell-fish.
6. A portion of the skull used as a cup, &c.
7. A curl or feather on a horse's neck or breast.
8. A weight of two Karshas or half a Pala.
9. A disease of the cornea, formation of specks on it.
E. शुच् to sorrow, &c., aff. क्तिन् .

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शुच् क्तिन् .