s. f, small conch used in Hindu worship; the third of the four classes into which women are divided by Hindus. A woman of this class is described as being tall and handsome, with long eyes and hair, marked with three lines on the neck, amorous and irascible, and neither stout nor thin. The four classes are Padmaṉí, Chittarṉí, Saṇkhṉí, Hastaṉí.