SaNKasvarasamAcAra
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 .