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Conch shells are sometimes used as decoration, as decorative planters, and in cameo making. [19] [20] In the Aztec culture, the conch played an important role in rituals, war, art, music, mythology, festivals, and even the calendar. [21] In India, some artisans make souvenirs, deity idols and other crafts by carving natural conch shells by ...
Macrostormbus costatus dorsal view of adult shell. Colored drawing of a Aliger costatus from Kiener, 1843. Macrostrombus costatus, formerly known as Strombus costatus and Lobatus costatus, or commonly known as the milk conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. [2]
The conch is used by Buddhist monks for religious purposes. Its use goes back at least [citation needed] 1,000 years, and it is still used today for some rituals, such as the omizutori (water drawing) portion of the Shuni-e rites at the Tōdai-ji in Nara. Each Shugendō school has his own conch shell melodies.
In English, the shell of this species is known as the "divine conch" or the "sacred chank". It may also be simply called a "chank" or conch. There are two forms of the shanka: a more common form that is "right-turning" or dextral in pattern, and a very rarely encountered form of reverse coiling or "left-turning" or sinistral. [9]
Vanitas still life with flowers, a skull, hourglass, conch shell and silver jug on a partially draped table. Carel Fonteyn or Carel Fontyn [1] (fl Antwerp, 1655–1665) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp. [2] He is known for his Vanitas still lifes with flowers, skulls and other Vanitas symbols. [3]
Strombus pugilis, common names the fighting conch and the West Indian fighting conch, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. S. pugilis is similar in appearance to Strombus alatus , the Florida fighting conch.
A drawing depicting the shell of Lobatus raninus from Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742).. The maximum recorded shell length is 121 mm [2] or up to 130 mm. [3] Like other species in the same genus, Lobatus raninus has a robust, somewhat heavy and solid shell, with a distinct stromboid notch.
Śaṅkha Auspicious symbol – conch Rewalsar. The right-turning white conch shell (Sanskrit: śaṅkha; Tibetan: དུང་དཀར་གཡས་འཁྱིལ་, THL: dungkar yénkhyil) represents the beautiful, deep, melodious, interpenetrating and pervasive sound of the dharma, which awakens disciples from the deep slumber of ignorance and urges them to accomplish their own welfare ...