a tax or duty on the manufacture, sale or consumption of various commodities within a country or on imports, exports of goods; excise duty; custom duty.

something that is given as a gift, donation.

ಸುಂಕದ ಕಟ್ಟೆ sunkada kaṭṭe the place or office where toll, tax, duty etc. are exacted for passage along a road or entry into a town, territory, etc.

= ಸುಂಕು3.

the large, spiral, univalve shell of any of various marine mollusks, used as a trumpet; a conch.

a structure built over an abyss, river, etc. for crossing over from one side to another; a bridge.

ಸಂಕ ಮುರಿದಲ್ಲೇ ಸ್ನಾನ, ಗ್ರಹಚಾರ ಹಿಡಿದಲ್ಲೇ ದಾನ sanka muridallē snāna, grahacāra hiḍidallē dāna (prov.) the goat browses where he is tied.

a gathering of people or things; assemblage.

a joining of two or more persons; a union.

companionship; association; intercourse.

sexual union; coition.

agreement; correspondence; harmony.

(fig.) a man very fond of the company of women; a lady's man.

Śiva of Kūḍalasangama, popular for Basava's association with it;

ಸಂಗಬಿಡು sanga biḍu to become unfriendly or hostile; to estrange from another's assoiation.

a number of persons or things gathered closely together; a group; a cluster; an agregation.

an organisation of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; a society; a league; an association.

the fact of being associated with another person or persons.

an association of Tamil scholars, writers, etc., for advancing literature, patronised by Pānḍya kings in Tamil Nadu.

(jain.) a congregation of jaina monks.

(buddh.) a congregation of buddhist monks.

having limbs; consisting of parts.

of or relating to limbs or parts.

entire; whole; complete.

having, complemented by, the supplementary works (said of the vedas).

an iron spear.

the large, spiral, univalve shell of any of various marine mollusks, a few of which are perforated at one end and used as a trumpet; a conch.

the bone across the upper cheek, that forms the outer side of the eye's bony orbit; the cheek-bone.

the bone comprising the front part of the skull and forming the forehead in humans; the frontal-bone.

(myth.) name of one of the nine treasures of Kubēra, the Regent of Wealth.

a kind of perfume.

the white colour.

a particular military array.

a particular part of a horse (between the hip and the thigh ?).

(math.) a huge number, one hundred billion (or 1,00,000 crore).

(mth.) a symbol for the number seven.

(math.) a very huge number (1 followed by nineteen zeros).

(dance.) a particular gesture of the hands, in which the figures are both the hands are interlocked inside as if holding a conch for blowing it.

ಶಂಖದ ಹುರಿಕೆ ṣankada hurike a kind of fragrant substance; ಶಂಖ ಬಾರಿಸು ṣanka bārisu (fig.) a loud outcry or clamour; ಶಂಖ ಪುಟಿಸು ṣanka puṭisu = ಶಂಖ ಬಾರಿಸು; ಶಂಖದ ಹುಳು ṣankada huḷu a kind of mollusk; ಶಂಖಚಕ್ರದ ಕೋಲು ṣanka cakrada kōlu a metal staff, having the symbols of a conch and a wheel, used to brand on the body; ಊದುವ ಶಂಖ ಊದಿಬಿಡು ūduvaṣanka ūdibiḍu to do one's duty without bothering whether it yields the desired result or not; ಶಂಖದಿಂದ ಬಂದರೇ ತೀರ್ಥ ṣankadinda bandarē tīrtha a statement is believed or accepted only when made by an authority and not by others (even the latterś statement is true).