kambu 1 · kambu 2
conch
Kambu [cf. Sanskrit kambu, Abhidh-r-m = śaṅkha; Dhātup saṃvaraṇe] 1. a conch, a shell: saṇha-kambu-r-iva ... sobhate su gīvā Thig 262 (for kampurī'va); see compounds 2. a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold: see Kern. Toev. sub voce ) Ja IV 18, 466 (+ kāyūra); Pv II 12 7 , III 9 3 (= Pv-a 157, saṅkhavalaya) Vv 36 2 (= Vv-a 167 hatthālaṅkāra), worn on the wrist, while the kāyūra is worn on the upper part of the arm (bhujālaṅkāra ibid); 3. a golden ring, given as second meaning at Vv-a 167, so also explained at Ja IV 18, 130; Ja V 400. -gīva (adjective) having a neck shaped like a shell, i.e. in spirals, having lines or folds, considered as lucky Ja IV 130 (= suvaṇṇāliṅgasadisagīvo), cf. above 1; -tala the base or lower part of a shell, viz. the spiral part, figurative the lines of the neck Ja V 155 (°ābhāsā gīvā, explained on page 156 as suvaṇṇāliṅgatala-sannibhā); also the (polished) surface of a shell, used as simile for smoothness Ja V 204, 207; -pariharaka a wristlet or bracelet Vv-a 167.
kambu m. ( u n. , L. ) a conch
【陽、中】 黃金，海螺殼。~gīva,【形】 脖子有三條行或皺紋的人。
(masc, masc) (comm) gold gold
(masc, masc) conch-shell conch-shell