शङ्कु

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  1,000,000,000 (109)	[a], [b] ←  100,000,000,000 (1011)	१०००००००००००० 1012	1013  → [a], [b]	1015  →
Cardinal: शङ्कु (śaṅku)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শঙ্কু (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
• শঙ্কু (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ၐင်္ကု (Burmese script)
• શઙ્કુ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಙ್ಕು (Kannada script)
• ឝង្កុ (Khmer script)
• ຨງ຺ກຸ (Lao script)
• ശങ്കു (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᢛᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଶଙ୍କୁ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ශඞ‍්කු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஶங்கு (Tamil script)
• శఙ్కు (Telugu script)
• ศงฺกุ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ངྐུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably related to शङ्ख (śaṅkha, “conch”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐŋ.ku/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐŋ.ku/

Noun

शङ्कु • (śaṅku) stem, f

1. 10000 crores or 100 billions

Descendants

• → Hindi: शङ्कु (śaṅku)
• → Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शङ्कु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]