Sanskrit

Noun

अङ्क • ‎(aṅká) m

1. hook
   • RV 1.162.13d

     यन नीक्षणं मांस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्णासेचनानि |

     ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणामङकाः सूनाःपरि भूषन्त्यश्वम ||

     yan nīkṣaṇaṃ māṃspacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇaāsecanāni |

     ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇāmaṅkāḥ sūnāḥpari bhūṣantyaśvam ||

     The trial-fork of the flesh-cooking caldron, the vessels out of which the broth is sprinkled,

     The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks, carving-boards,—all these attend the Charger.

2. (in the dual) part of a chariot
3. curve
4. the curve in the human, especially the female, figure above the hip (where infants sitting, astride are carried by mothers hence often = 'breast' or 'lap')
5. side, flank
6. body
7. proximity, place
8. the bend in the arm
9. any hook or crooked instrument
10. curved line
11. a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
12. any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
13. a number
14. the numbers one and nine
15. coefficient
16. act of a drama
17. drama
18. military show, sham-fight
19. misdeed, sin

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0007