Regional Names
The word shankha is spelt differently in India from one region to another, according to the language used there. It is spelled Shankha in Sanskrit, Kannada and Marathi. In English, it is usually known as a conch or conch shell, but also as a "chank" shell. In Gujarati, it is known as du-sukk, as sanka and chanku in Tamil, senkham in Telugu, sankha in Oriya and shankho in Bengali.
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