The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

shell Vin i.203; ii.117. -- patta motherof -- pearl DhA i.387. -- mu*.ika the shell -- tonsure, a kind of
torture M i.87; A i.47; ii.122. -- mutta mother -- ofpearl J v.380 (C expls as "shell -- jewel & pearl --
jewel"); vi.211, 230. -- likhita polished like mother -- of -- pearl; bright, perfect D i.63, 250; S ii.219; A
v.204; Vin i.181; Pug 57; DA i.181; DhA iv.195. See also under likhita, & cp. Franke, Wiener Zeitschrift
1893, 357. -- va**a pearl -- white J iii.477; M i.58=A iii.324. -- sadda the sound of a chank A ii.186; Vism
408; Dhs 621. -- sil! "shell -- stone," a precious stone, mother -- of -- pearl (?) Ud 54; J iv.85; Pv ii.64.
Frequent in BSk., e. g. Av- i.184, 201, 205; Divy 291.
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Sankha
Sankha2 [etym.?] a water plant (combd with sev!la) Miln 35. See detail under pa**aka 2.
Sankhata
Sankhata [pp. of sankharoti; Sk. sa'sk%ta] 1. put together, compound; conditioned, produced by a
combination of causes, "created," brought about as effect of actions in former births S ii.26; iii.56; Vin
ii.284; It 37, 88; J ii.38; Nett 14; Dhs 1085; DhsA 47. As nt. that which is produced from a cause, i. e. the
sankh!ras S i.112; A i.83, 152; Nett 22. asankhata not put together, not proceeding from a cause Dhs 983
(so read for sankhata), 1086; Ep. of nibb!na "the Unconditioned" (& therefore unproductive of further life)
A i.152; S iv.359 sq.; Kvu 317 sq.; Pv iii.710 (=laddhan!ma amata' PvA 207); Miln 270; Dhs 583 (see
trsln ibid.), 1439. The discernment of higher jh!na- states as sankhata is a preliminary to the attainment of
Arahantship M iii.244. Cp. abhi˚; visankhita; visankh!ra. -- 2. cooked, dressed Mhvs 32, 39. -- 3.
embellished Mhvs 22, 29. -- lakkha*a properties of the sankhata, i. e. production, decay and change A
i.152; VvA 29.
Sankhati
Sankhati (f.) [cp. Sk. sa'sk%ti] cookery M i.448.
Sankhaya
Sankhaya [sa'+khaya] destruction, consumption, loss, end Vin i.42; D ii.283; M i.152; S i.2, 124; iv.391; It
38; Dh 282 (=vin!sa DhA iii.421), 331; J ii.52; v.465; Miln 205, 304.
Sankharoti
Sankharoti [sa'+k%] to put together, prepare, work PvA 287. a -- sankh!r!na S i.126. Ger. sankharitv! S
ii.269 (v. l. sankh!ditv!, as is read at id. p. Vin ii.201). Cp. abhi˚. -- pp. sankhata.
Sankhal!
Sankhal! (f.) [cp. Sk. $%nkhal!] a chain Th 2, 509. a&&hi˚ a chain of bones, skeleton A iii.97. As ˚kankal! at
Th 2, 488.
Sankhalik!
Sankhalik! (f.) [fr. sankhal!] a chain S i.76; J iii.168; vi.3; Nd2 304iii; Miln 149, 279; DhA iv.54; PvA 152.
Sometimes sankhalika (esp. in composition), e. g. J iii.125 (˚bandhana); vi.3; Miln 279. -- a&&hi˚ a chain of
bones, a skeleton [cp. BSk. asthi -- sankhalik! MVastu i.21] D ii.296=M i.58; Vin iii.105; J i.433; Pv
ii.1211; DhA iii.479. -- deva˚ a magic chain J ii.128; v.92.