SaNKavalayakAra
śaṅkha-valaya-kāra , m. ( Skt. śaṅkha-valaya, see pw , in its only recorded occurrence seems not helpful), an artisan who works in shell and ivory : Mv ii.473.8 ; he makes śaṅkha-gajadanta-mayāni ābharaṇāni, 9; specific products are then named, some app. made of shell, others of ivory; did he work in both materials separately, or in combinations of the two, shell inlaid with ivory or vice versa , or wood inlaid with both ? Cf. śaṅkhikā ( q.v. ) dantakārakā.