śákala m. n. (in ŚBr. also śákara, of doubtful derivation) a chip, fragment, splint, log, piece, bit TS. &c. &c. (śakalāni √kṛ, with acc., 'to separate, divide, dissipate' Ragh.)

• a potsherd Mn. vi, 28

• a spark (in kṛśānu-ś○) Śiś. v 9

• n. a half Sāh (candra-ś○, the half-moon Kād.)

• a half-verse Ked.

• the half of an egg-shell Mn. MBh. &c

• skin, bark Divyâv.

• the scales of a fish (cf. śalka, śalkala) ib.

• the skull (in kapāla-ś○)

• cinnamon L.

• a kind of black pigment or dye L.

• m. N. of a man, g. gargâdi