Kankala [Sk. kankāla & cp. śṛnkhala (as kaṇṇa>śṛnga), orig. meaning "chain"] skeleton; only in cpd. atthi˚. Aṭṭhikankal' ūpamā kāmā Vin ii.25; M i.130, 364; J v.210; Th 1, 1150 (˚kuṭika): aṭṭhikankalasannibha Th 2, 488 (=ThA 287; cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885, 75): aṭṭhikankala aṭṭhi -- puñja aṭṭhi -- rāsi S ii.185=It 17 (but in the verses on same page: puggalass' aṭṭhisañcayo). Cp. aṭṭhisankhalikā PvA 152; aṭṭhika sankhalikā J i.433; aṭṭhi -- sanghāṭa Th 1, 60.

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