[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s8.64 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.64 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.64 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.64) Śaṅku in the Rigveda¹ and later² denotes a ‘wooden peg.’ Thus the term is used of the pegs by which a skin is stretched out in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,³ and of the pin of hobbles (Paḍbīśa).⁴ In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad⁵ it may mean ‘stalk’⁶ or ‘fibre of a leaf.’⁷ 1. Śaṅkha in the Atharvaveda,¹ with the epithet Kṛśana, denotes a pearl-shell used as an amulet. In the later literature² it denotes a ‘shell’ or ‘conch’ used for blowing as a wind instrument. - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.63) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.65) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.64) · Pramāṇa