saNkala
saṅkala and °lā (see also śaṅkalā ; AMg. saṅkala, °lā, °liyā; surely connected with Skt. śṛṅkhalā, °la; on k : kh see s.v. asthi-śakalā etc. ), chain (so Chin. acc. to Suzukiʼs Index ; Tib. ḥbrel , ib. , joining, connexion ); the rendering skeleton or heap of bones , given by Suzuki for Laṅk 97.9 and 273.12 , cannot be right, since only asthi-sa° has this mg. ; on 97.9 Nanjio alleges support of Chin. and Tib. for mg. skeleton , but Suzukiʼs Index groups this with the other refs. under the same Tib. and Chin. , as above: in Laṅk used of the chain or concatenation of mutual interrelationship: saṃketamātram … anyonyāpekṣasaṃkalā Laṅk 202.15 ; janyam arthaṃ na caivāsti pṛthak pratyaya-saṃkalāt 203.1 ; usually fem. forms, °lā n. sg. 203.6 , stem in comp. 203.3, 13 ; °lāyā(ḥ) 203.4, 5, 7 (śaṅk°), 9, °lām 12, etc. ; kṣaṇabheda-saṃkalābaddhāḥ 374.6 ; saṃkalā-buddhi-( mss. , text °buddha- on basis of Tib. saṅs rgyas , but this is prob. an error; orig. possibly baddha ?)-bimbaṃ ca 273.12 , cf. , also in the vicinity of bimba, 97.9 pudgala-nairātmya-bhāva-svasāmānya-bimbasaṃkalā-nityaduḥkhāśubhalakṣaṇābhiniveśa-pūrvakam evam idam lakṣaṇaṃ nānyatheti paśyataḥ; in both these saṃkalā can only mean chain , (causal) concatenation ; cakrapeyāla( q.v. )-saṅkalāt MSV ii.206.11 , from the chain of …