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खङ्खरक (khaGkharaka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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khaṅkharaka, m., also °kā, f.? (= prec.): °ko MSV 〔iv.67.16〕
Mmk 〔392.5〕 eṣa buddhānāṃ khaṅkharakamudrāmantraḥ
(tāḥ) °kāḥ kṛtvā in MSV 〔ii.142.3〕 (and 8) certainly means monkʼs staff (= khakkhara, khakharaka
Tib. khar sil, cf. Tib. on Mvy 〔8955〕)
in view of this, prob. this is the mg. (rather than lock of hair) in Mmk, here and in prec.
parallel are sarvatathāgatoṣṇīṣāṇāṃ mahāmudrā 〔391.18〕, and sarvatathāgatānāṃ pātra-mudrā 〔392.9—10〕.