(p. 935) śaṅkha the conch; a conchshell (esp. one that is sounded by blowing); a conchbangle. n. & a. billion (1,,,). ˜চক্রগদাপদ্মধারী a. carrying a conch-shell, a discus, a mace and a lotus. n. an appellation of God Narayana. ̃চিল n. a species of white-breasted kite. ̃চূড় n. the kingcobra. ̃চূর্ণ n. conchshell powder. ̃চূর্ণী see শঙ্খিনী । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ n. the sound of blowing a conchshell. ̃ধ্বনি করা, ̃নাদ করা v. to blow a conchshell. ̃বণিক n. a dealer and worker in articles of conchshells. ̃বলয় n. a bangle for the wrist made of conchshell. ̃বিষ n. white arsenic, ratsbane. শঙ্খিনী n. a woman of the third of four sexual categories; the evil spirit of a woman who has died when her husband is still alive, a female ghoul (also শঙ্খচূর্ণী). 28)