SaMkuH [ SaMk-uR Uṇ. 1. 36 ] 1 A dart, spear, spike, javelin, dagger; oft. at the end of comp. ; SokaSaMkuH ‘the dart of grief’, i. e. sharp or poignant grief; U. 3. 35 ; R. 8. 93. 2 A stake, pillar, post, pale. 3 A nail, pin, peg; R. 12. 95. 4 The sharp head or point of an arrow, barb. 5 The trunk (of a lopped tree), stump, pollard. 6 The pin of a dial. 7 A measure of twelve fingers. 8 A measuring-rod 9 The sine of altitude (in astr. ). 10 Ten billions. 11 The fibres of a leaf. 12 An ant-hill. 13 The penis. 14 The skate-fish. 15 A demon. 16 Poison. 17 Sin; crime. 18 An aquatic animal, particularly, a goose. 19 N. of Śiva. 20 The sāla tree. 21 A kind of perfume ( naKI ). 22 N. of Kāma, the god of love. Comp. — karRa a. ( pb ) spikecared. — (rRaH) an ass. — jIvA (in astr. ) the gnomon sine. — taruH, -vfkzaH the Sāla tree.