pAMSulika
pāṃśulika , nt. , or °kā (= AMg. paṃsuliyā; cf. Pali phāsulī, °likā; the aspiration in Pali ph- is unhistorical), rib : °likāni °likāntarāṇi Mv ii.125.15 ; 127.2 ; 128.8 ; 129.10 ; to be read thus, or else pāṃśulikāntarāṇi (omitting °likāni), (ribs and) interstices between the ribs ; so the mss. clearly indicate tho with various corruptions; confirmed by AMg. ; Senart em. pārśuli°. The form is of course related to Skt. parśu(kā), BHS pārśukā , q.v. , and is hyper- Sktized from the MIndic represented by AMg. , which has nasalized vowel for double consonant (or long vowel), by the ‘law of morae’.