शुक्ति [ śukti ] [ śukti ] f. ( prob. fr. √ 1. [ śuc ] and orig. " shining , bright " ) a pearl-oyster or oyster shell ( eight sources of pearls are enumerated by Sch. on Lit. Kir. xii , 40, viz. clouds , elephants , fish , serpents , bamboos , conch-shells , boars , and oyster shells ) Lit. Kauś. Lit. Kāv.

  a small shell or cockle Lit. L.

  a portion of a skull (used as a cup ) Lit. W.

  a bone Lit. BhP.

  Tamarindus Indica Lit. L.

  Unguis Odoratus Lit. L.

  any perfume or fragrant substance Lit. R.

  a curl or feather on a horse's neck or breast Lit. Śiś.

  a measure of weight (= 1/2 Pala or 4 Karshas) Lit. ŚārṅgS.

  a partic. disease of the cornea Lit. Suśr.

  hemorrhoids Lit. L.

  [ śukti ] m. N. of an Āṅgirasa Lit. PañcavBr.

  of a mountain Lit. MārkP. (w.r. [ sukti ] )

  pl. N. of a people Lit. VarBṛS.