Talk:Shankha

Assessment
Assessed as high importane in Wikiproject Musical instruments as an instrument that has cut across many  cultures and continents. Jacqke (talk) 21:07, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

A note
The two kinds of conch shell of this species are:

1. the dextral ones, which are the very much more common ones, and

2. The very rare sinistral ones.

I am confused however, because the image at the top of the page shows the dextral kind and yet claims to be the rare Dakshinavarti shankhas. The one labeled "Sri Lakshmi Shank" is indeed the rare sinistral kind. The text also is confusing and seems to be the opposite of what scientists would call these two shell types.

Can someone help clarify this?

Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 01:28, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

I changed the caption of the top image, because one of the captions had to be wrong, they couldn't both be correct, and I think it was that one that needed changing. Invertzoo (talk) 01:36, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Now I understand. The way this works is: scientists call the shells "right-handed" and "left-handed" according to which way the whorls of the shell "turn" when the shell is viewed with the siphonal canal pointing down. In a Hindu context, the terms "left-handed " and right-handed" are assigned when the shell is viewed with the siphonal canal pointing up. Hence the confusion. I hope I have made this clear now in the text of the article. Invertzoo (talk) 14:12, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Bom?
The "Regional Varieties" section talks about the Bom language which is a West African language and not an area where there are many Hindus. I do not have access to the reference cited but it either must be a mistake/typo or Bom is also a language spoken in India (probably less notable than the African one) and nobody on Wiki has tried to write an article on it. GizzaDiscuss  &#169; 06:34, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * removed. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 12:45, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * It is spelling error. It could be Bön, which is an ancient religion in Tibet. It is probably in that context that Bon was used but mispelt as Bom. Any way, the word has been deleted now. --Nvvchar (talk) 16:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Shakha, conch presumably a typo for Shankha, conch
A new stub article was created on 6 January, 2010 with the content below. That article is tagged for deletion, so I am copying this here, in case someone wishes to incorporate the info into this article. This content was written by User:Mohaimin22.

"The most ancient handicraft in Bangladesh is Conch (Mark Dummett: BBC News, Dhaka) Conch is popularly known as Shankha, it is a kind of bracelet, a symbol of identification that a Hindu Woman is married. The place where the Shankha industry is situated mainly is known as Shakhari Bazar in Old Dhaka. It may seem that the Shankha industry is prosperous, but in reality is this century old traditional and famous Dhakai Shankha industry is struggling for survival. Tight competition with Indian production counter-parts and excessive prices of raw materials are reasons for the struggle. Businessmen blamed the high tariff, import duties and heavy tax on importing raw material for shankha as they have to pay a total of 35 percent tax and import duty on the raw material 'Conch Shells' from Sri Lanka. (Star City, vol.5 Num 746. Mon. July 03, 2006)"

Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 21:17, 8 January 2010 (UTC)


 * User:Mohaimin22, I would like to incorporate the above info in the article provided you give reliable references. Thanks.--Nvvchar (talk) 08:51, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Chemical form...
Is it silicate of magnesia or carbonate of calcium? Its use in ayurveda resembles the latter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.64.154 (talk) 11:49, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The shell is formed of calcium carbonate. Invertzoo (talk) 15:35, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

proposed merger from Dakshinavarti Shankh
I propose that the additional information presented in the article Dakshinavarti_Shankh be reincorporated here, and all terms currently pointing to that page be redirected accordingly. The D.S. page presents some added information concerning the situation in the main culture and nation of significance, India, but the two realities described -- the sacred shell of Hinduism -- appear to be essentially one and the same. Note also the strong overlap and repetition of facts between the two pieces. It is important that D_S has different language names listed at the beginning: presumably this should be done here too, as Hinduism is a multicultural and multilingual tradition. There is a difference in quality between the two articles, in terms of editorial standard and also in terms of citations. I believe that the information in D_S is valuable because it gives particular details that would not be so easily available to those outside India. Pufferfyshe (talk) 00:09, 4 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Support per above -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  17:56, 23 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose: the Dakshinavarti Shankh is specifically about the rare type of conch in which the spirals twist in the opposite direction; this hence has a distinct meaning from Shankha. There is an argument that the information could, nevertheless, be contained on one page. Klbrain (talk) 12:01, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

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Ashtamangala ?
It is not listed as being one of the eight in the main article to Ashtamangala.

(Though I did think it was part of it.) Stjohn1970 (talk) 05:51, 14 December 2022 (UTC)