Kambu
Kambu,[cp.Sk.kambu,Halāyudha=śaṅkha; Dhtp.saṁvaraṇe] 1.a conch,a shell:saṇha-kambu-r-iva ...sobhate su gīvā Th.2,262 (for kampurī’va); s.cpds.-- 2.a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold:see Kern.Toev.s.v.) J.IV,18,466 (+kāyūra); Pv.II,127,III,93 (=PvA.157,saṅkhavalaya) Vv 362 (=VvA.167 hatth’âlaṅkāra),worn on the wrist,while the kāyūra is worn on the upper part of the arm (bhujâlaṅkāra ibid.); -- 3.a golden ring,given as second meaning at VvA.167,so also expl.at J.IV,18,130; J.V,400.
--gīva (adj.) having a neck shaped like a shell,i.e.in spirals,having lines or folds,considered as lucky J.IV,130 (=suvaṇṇālingasadisagīvo),cp.above 1; --tala the base or lower part of a shell,viz.the spiral part,fig.the lines of the neck J.V,155 (°ābhāsā gīvā,expld on p.156 as suvaṇṇālingatala-sannibhā); also the (polished) surface of a shell,used as simile for smoothness J.V,204,207; --pariharaka a wristlet or bracelet VvA.167.(Page 189)