A shankha (Sanskrit: शंख, romanized: Śankha, lit. 'conch') has religious ritual importance in Hinduism. In Hinduism, the shankha called panchajanya is...

Dakshinavarti shankha (Sanskrit: दक्षिणावर्ती शंख, romanized: Dakṣiṇāvarta śaṅkha), also referred to as Valampuri shankhu (Tamil: வலம்புரிச் சங்கு) and...

lower classes, the poor can get the poetry of Shankha Ghosh as a companion to their daily suffering. Shankha Ghosh identifies every inequality of society...

Species commonly referred to as conches also include the sacred chank or shankha shell (Turbinella pyrum) and other Turbinella species in the family Turbinellidae...

the Kaumodaki. A popular epithet of Vishnu is Shankha-chakra-gada-pani, "he who holds in his hands shankha, chakra, and gada". Generally, the gada is held...

depicted as a four-armed god with the chakra in his upper left hand, a shankha in his upper right hand, a mace in his lower left hand, and a sword in...

depicted with six hands, in red garments, carries the Sudarshana Chakra, shankha, kalasha (a water pitcher with mango leaves and a coconut on it) or the...

daughter of Suta king of Kekaya. She had two elder brothers—Uttara and Shankha—and a half sibling Shveta. Uttarā is introduced into the main narrative...

his son Shankha's chariot. Together, they managed to stop Drona's onslaught and wounded him. An enraged Drona shot a poisonous arrow at Shankha, killing...

usually depicted as four-armed with the four attributes in his hands: the shankha (conch), the Sudarshana Chakra, the padma (lotus) and the Kaumodaki gada...