शङ्कु

Sanskrit
Sanskrit numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1,000,000,000 (109) [a], [b] ←  100,000,000,000 (1011) १००००००००००००
1012		 1013  → [a], [b] 1015  → 
    Cardinal: शङ्कु (śaṅku)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শঙ্কু (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
  • শঙ্কু (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐင်္ကု (Burmese script)
  • શઙ્કુ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶಙ್ಕು (Kannada script)
  • ឝង្កុ (Khmer script)
  • ຨງ຺ກຸ (Lao script)
  • ശങ്കു (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᠠᢛᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
  • ଶଙ୍କୁ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • ශඞ‍්කු (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
  • ஶங்கு (Tamil script)
  • శఙ్కు (Telugu script)
  • ศงฺกุ (Thai script)
  • ཤ་ངྐུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably related to शङ्ख (śaṅkha, “conch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

शङ्कु • (śaṅku) stem, f

  1. 10000 crores or 100 billions

Descendants
  • → Hindi: शङ्कु (śaṅku)
  • → Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)

References
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शङ्कु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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