शुक्ल

See also: शक्ल and शृकाल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শুক্ল (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬓ᭄ᬮ (Balinese script)
• শুক্ল (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုက္လ (Burmese script)
• શુક્લ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਕ੍ਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦏ꧀ꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುಕ್ಲ (Kannada script)
• ឝុក្ល (Khmer script)
• ຨຸກ຺ລ (Lao script)
• ശുക്ല (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᡬᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᢉᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑦮𑧠𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଶୁକ୍ଲ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢒ꣄ꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ශුක‍්ල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஶுக்ல (Tamil script)
• శుక్ల (Telugu script)
• ศุกฺล (Thai script)
• ཤུ་ཀླ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuk.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕuk.l̪ɐ/

Noun

शुक्ल • (śuklá) stem, m

1. the bright half of a lunar month or any day in it
2. the month वैशाख
3. white (the colour)
4. mucus, saliva ( शुक्लं-√कृ, to spit at)
5. ricinus or white ricinus
6. Mimusops hexandra
7. the 37th (or 3rd) year of Jupiter's cycle of 60 years
8. the 24th of the astronomical Yogas
9. white or candied sugar
10. Euphorbia antiquorum

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शुक्ल (śukla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुक्लः śuklaḥ	शुक्लौ / शुक्ला¹ śuklau / śuklā¹	शुक्लाः / शुक्लासः¹ śuklāḥ / śuklāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शुक्ल śukla	शुक्लौ / शुक्ला¹ śuklau / śuklā¹	शुक्लाः / शुक्लासः¹ śuklāḥ / śuklāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शुक्लम् śuklam	शुक्लौ / शुक्ला¹ śuklau / śuklā¹	शुक्लान् śuklān
Instrumental	शुक्लेन śuklena	शुक्लाभ्याम् śuklābhyām	शुक्लैः / शुक्लेभिः¹ śuklaiḥ / śuklebhiḥ¹
Dative	शुक्लाय śuklāya	शुक्लाभ्याम् śuklābhyām	शुक्लेभ्यः śuklebhyaḥ
Ablative	शुक्लात् śuklāt	शुक्लाभ्याम् śuklābhyām	शुक्लेभ्यः śuklebhyaḥ
Genitive	शुक्लस्य śuklasya	शुक्लयोः śuklayoḥ	शुक्लानाम् śuklānām
Locative	शुक्ले śukle	शुक्लयोः śuklayoḥ	शुक्लेषु śukleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

शुक्ल • (śuklá) stem, n

1. brightness, light
2. a white spot, white substance, anything white
3. the white of the eye
4. a disease of the cornea or white part of the eye (opacity, albugo ; cf. शुक्र)
5. silver
6. fresh butter

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शुक्ल (śukla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुक्लम् śuklam	शुक्ले śukle	शुक्लानि / शुक्ला¹ śuklāni / śuklā¹
Vocative	शुक्ल śukla	शुक्ले śukle	शुक्लानि / शुक्ला¹ śuklāni / śuklā¹
Accusative	शुक्लम् śuklam	शुक्ले śukle	शुक्लानि / शुक्ला¹ śuklāni / śuklā¹
Instrumental	शुक्लेन śuklena	शुक्लाभ्याम् śuklābhyām	शुक्लैः / शुक्लेभिः¹ śuklaiḥ / śuklebhiḥ¹
Dative	शुक्लाय śuklāya	शुक्लाभ्याम् śuklābhyām	शुक्लेभ्यः śuklebhyaḥ
Ablative	शुक्लात् śuklāt	शुक्लाभ्याम् śuklābhyām	शुक्लेभ्यः śuklebhyaḥ
Genitive	शुक्लस्य śuklasya	शुक्लयोः śuklayoḥ	शुक्लानाम् śuklānām
Locative	शुक्ले śukle	शुक्लयोः śuklayoḥ	शुक्लेषु śukleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शुक्ल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1012.