शङ्खशिला (zaGkhazilA)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishśaṅkhaśilā (°śirā, once
= Pali saṅkhasilā, conjectured PTSD to mean mother-of-pearl, a pure guess), a sort of precious or semi-precious stone, mentioned in rigmarole lists of gems and precious metals, and almost always placed between vaiḍūrya and pravāḍa (°la): LV 〔276.21〕 (Tib. makes it two items, duṅ = shell, and man śel = crystal, glass)
SP 〔102.2〕 (prose
Tib. as in LV)
〔111.7〕 (vs
here Tib. only man śel)
Mv 〔ii.472.1〕
Divy 〔115.3〕
〔229.6〕
〔291.9〕
Av 〔i.184.5〕
〔201.2〕, etc.
RP 〔40.8〕
Dbh 〔18.26〕
spelled °śirā, prob. by error, Gv 〔164.8〕.
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