śaṅkhakāra
Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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- ○kāra or m. a worker in shells, shell-cutter (described as a kind of mixed caste, accord. to some, the adulterous offspring of Vaiśya-parents whose mother is a widow'
Source
:
Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
Related
:
śaṅkhakāraka , śaṅkhakarṇa , śaṅkhākhya , śaṅkhakṣīra , śaṅkhakumbhaśravas , śaṅkhaka , śaṅkhajātī , śaṅkhaja , śaṅkhāhvā , śaṅkhahrada