Panchajanya
The conch of the Hindu god Vishnu / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the mythological conch. For the RSS publication, see Panchjanya (magazine). For ancient people, see Pancha-janah.
Panchajanya (Sanskrit: पाञ्चजन्य, IAST: Pāñcajanya) is the shankha (conch) of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu, one of his four primary attributes.[1] The Panchajanya symbolises the five elements,[2] and is considered to produce the primeval sound of creation when blown.[3]