Saṅkha
Saṅkha,1 [cp.Vedic śaṅkha; Gr.kόgxos shell,measure of capacity,& kόxlos; Lat.congius a measure] a shell,conch; mother-of-pearl; a chank,commonly used as a trumpet D.I,79; II,297=M.I,58; A.II,117; IV,199; Vv 8110; J.I,72; II,110; VI,465,580; Miln.21 (dhamma°); DhA.I,18.Combined with paṇava (small drum) Vism.408; J.VI,21; or with bheri (large drum) Miln.21; Vism.408.
--ûpama like a shell,i.e.white J.V,396,cp.VI,572.--kuṭṭhin a kind of leper; whose body becomes as white as mother-of-pearl DhA.I,194,195.--thāla mother of pearl,(shell-) plate Vism.126 (sudhota°),255.--dhama a trumpeter D.I,259=M.II,19; M.II,207=S.IV,322.--dhamaka a conch blower,trumpeter J.I,284; VI,7.--nābhi a kind of shell Vin.I,203; II,117.--patta motherof-pearl DhA.I,387.--muṇḍika the shell-tonsure,a kind of torture M.I,87; A.I,47; II,122.--mutta mother-ofpearl J.V,380 (C expls as “shell-jewel & pearl-jewel”); VI,211,230.--likhita polished like mother-of-pearl; bright,perfect D.I,63,250; S.II,219; A.V,204; Vin.I,181; Pug.57; DA.I,181; DhA.IV,195.See also under likhita,& cp.Franke,Wiener Zeitschrift 1893,357.--vaṇṇa pearl-white J.III,477; M.I,58=A.III,324.--sadda the sound of a chank A.II,186; Vism.408; Dhs.621.--silā “shell-stone,” a precious stone,mother-of-pearl (?) Ud.54; J.IV,85; Pv.II,64.Frequent in BSk.,e.g.AvŚ I.184,201,205; Divy 291.(Page 663)