ṣaṇk | षण्क् | SaNk
ṣaṇk | षण्क् | cl. 1. Ā. (Dhātup. iv, 12) ṣa/ṇkate | ष/ण्कते | (ep. also P.; aor. 2. sg. aṣaṇkīs | अषण्कीस् |, aṣaṇkiśwa | अषण्किश्wअ |, ṣaṇkiśWās | षण्किश्Wआस् |, ṣaṇkiṭās | षण्किटास् |, MBh. &c. inf. ṣaṇkitum | षण्कितुम् |, ib.; ind.p.; -ṣaṇkya | -षण्क्य |, ib.; Gr. also pf. ṣaṣaṇke | षषण्के | fut. ṣaṇkitā | षण्किता |, ṣaṇkiśyate | षण्किश्यते |), to be anxious or apprehensive, be afraid of (abl.), fear, dread, suspect, distrust (acc.), Br.; MBh.; to be in doubt or uncertain about (acc.), hesitate, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to think probable, assume, believe, regard as (with two acc.), suppose to be (ṣaṇke | षण्के |, ‘I think’, ‘I suppose’, ‘it seems to me’), ib.; (in argumentative works) to ponder over or propound a doubt or objection: Pass. ṣaṇkyate | षण्क्यते | (aor. aṣaṇki | अषण्कि |), to be feared or doubted &c.: Caus. ṣaṇkayati | षण्कयति |, to cause to fear or doubt, render anxious about (loc.), Mālav.