As a Hindi name
शृङ्खल · śr̤inkhal · s.m.
A chain, a fetter; a chain worn round the waist, a belt (vulg. sāṅkal) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 726
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a chain, fetter (esp. for confining the feet of an elephant)
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śṛṅkhala" is the vocative of "śṛṅkhalā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śṛṅkhala m. n. (derivation doubtful) a chain, fetter (esp. for confining the feet of an elephant), Ragh.; Pur.
a man's belt, L.
a measuring chain, MW.
śṛṅkhala f(ā and ī). See below.
śṛṅkhala subst. mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) A belt or chain worn round a man's body. 2 A chain for confining an elephant. 3 A chain, a fetter in general. E. śṛṅga a horn, here said to mean a link, and khala to collect, aff. ac; or śiñjā the tinkling of a chain, and skhala to go, aff. ac, deriv. irr.
śṛṅkhalā f. a chain, fetter &c. (= śṛṅkhala), Kāv.; VarBṛS. &c.
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