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शङ्खस्वरसमाचार (zaGkhasvarasamAcAra)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
śaṅkhasvara-samācāra, adj. m. (Pali saṅkassara, usually cpd. with samācāra, or sometimes ācāra
sometimes the Pali cpd. begins with asuci-
Pali comms., e.g. Pugg. comm. 〔207.5 ff.〕, Dhp. comm. 〔iii.485.1 ff.〕, have various labored and implausible interpretations assuming connexion with saṅkā = Skt. śaṅkā, root śaṅk), of vile conduct
etym. and precise mg. unknown
follows kaṣambaka-jāta (see kaś°) in Mvy, MSV, and occurs in the same cliché in Pali, referring to wicked monks: Mvy 〔9140〕
MSV 〔i.50.7〕
Śikṣ 〔64.5〕. Tib. on Mvy cited as lug pon (?) ltar (like) spyad pa (conduct)
Mvy 〔9141〕 and 〔9142〕 (not in Mironov) are given as synonyms or variants, khānta-samācāra and saṃkasu (note k, not kh) samācāra
Tib. this time (on 〔9141〕) luṅ rul-ba (rotten, see s.v. kaśambaka-) lta-bur gyur-pa
Jap. rendering of 〔9142〕 contains the word rotten. Both Mvy 〔9141〕 and 〔9142〕 seem evident corruptions, and śaṅkha-svara- looks like an unhistoric (hyper-Skt.) form. The Tib. renderings are prob. also corrupt
at least the Tib. Dictt. give no clue to what they might mean. Perhaps luṅ (on Mvy 〔9141〕), and maybe even lug (on Mvy 〔9140〕), may be corrupt for duṅ = Skt. śaṅkha, shell.