(& ~ā f.?) a close fitting jacket, a bodice; armor, a corset.

…Pv-a.63 (urago tacaṃ kañcukaṃ omuñcanto viya). 2. the slough of a snake (cp. 1) DN-a.i.222. 3. armour, coat of mail Ja.v.128…

…DN-a.i.157: cammakañcukaṃ pavisitvā); AN.iv.107, AN.iv.110;

• -varatta (f.) a leather thong Ja.ii.153; *…

…of Nāgas Ja.vi.165.

• -kañcuka a (red) woollen covering thrown over a temple, as an ornament Mhvs.34, Mhvs.74; *…

…Mhvs.98; Dāvs v.60; Dhp-a.iii.18. 2. the cast skin, slough of a serpent DN.i.77 (= DN-a.i.222 ahi-kañcuka) cp. Dial. i.88.

cp. Sk….

see kaṭu˚.

…(kar) + kañcuka + tā (kañcuka = kuñcaka to kuñc, to contract), thus a derⁿ fr. kañcuka “bodice” and meaning “being…

see kaṭukañcuka.

…reminds us of the term kaṭukañcukatā.

…(puppha˚); Dhp-a.iii.295 ˚kañcuka, variant reading kaṭak˚) Vism.16 (bhinna-paṭa-dhara in defⁿ of bhikkhu); Vb-a.327 (id.);…

? hairy (?) Dāvs v.14 (˚kancuka).

fr. roma, cp. Vedic romaśa