KaNKaraka
khaṅkharaka , m. , also °kā , f. ? (= prec. ): °ko MSV iv.67.16 ; Mmk 392.5 eṣa … buddhānāṃ khaṅkharakamudrāmantraḥ …; (tāḥ) °kāḥ kṛtvā in MSV ii.142.3 (and 8) certainly means monkʼs staff (= khakkhara, khakharaka ; Tib. khar sil , cf. Tib. on Mvy 8955 ); in view of this, prob. this is the mg. (rather than lock of hair ) in Mmk , here and in prec. ; parallel are sarvatathāgatoṣṇīṣāṇāṃ mahāmudrā 391.18 , and sarvatathāgatānāṃ pātra-mudrā 392.9—10 .