saṅkala (15510)

saṅkala
Entry 15510, Page 545, Col. 1

(saNkala, saNkala)
saṅkala¦ and °lā (see also śaṅkalā; AMg. saṅkala, °lā, °liyā; surely connected with Skt. śṛṅkhalā, °la; on k:kh see s.v. asthi-śakalā etc.), chain (so Chin. acc. to Suzuki's Index; Tib. ḥbrel, ib., joining, connexion); the rendering skeleton or heap of bones, given by Suzuki for Laṅk 97.9 and 273.12, cannot be right, since only asthi-sa° has this mg.; on 97.9 Nanjio alleges support of Chin. and Tib. for mg. skeleton, but Suzuki's Index groups this with the other refs. under the same Tib. and Chin., as above: in Laṅk used of the chain or concatenation of mutual interrelationship: saṃketamātram…anyonyā- pekṣasaṃkalā Laṅk 202.15; janyam arthaṃ na caivāsti pṛthak pratyaya-saṃkalāt 203.1; usually fem. forms, °lā n. sg. 203.6, stem in comp. 203.3, 13; °lāyā(ḥ) 203.4, 5, 7 (śaṅk°), 9, °lām 12, etc.; kṣaṇabheda-saṃkalābaddhāḥ 374.6; saṃkalā-buddhi-(mss., text °buddha- on basis of Tib. saṅs rgyas, but this is prob. an error; orig. possibly baddha ?)-bimbaṃ ca 273.12, cf., also in the vicinity of bimba, 97.9 pudgala-nairātmya-bhāva-svasāmānya-bimba- saṃkalā-nityaduḥkhāśubhalakṣaṇābhiniveśa-pūrvakam evam idam lakṣaṇaṃ nānyatheti paśyataḥ; in both these saṃkalā can only mean chain, (causal) concatenation; cakrapeyāla(q.v.)-saṅkalāt MSV ii.206.11, from the chain of…