chain SN.i.76; Ja.iii.168; Ja.vi.3; Cnd.304#iii; Mil.149, Mil.279; Dhp-a.iv.54; Pv-a.152 Sometimes saṅkhalika (esp. in composition), e.g. Ja.iii.125 (˚bandhana); Ja.vi.3; Mil.279
■ *[aṭṭhi˚](/de …

chain of bones; a skeleton

…& liver SN.i.206.

• -saṅkhalikā aṭṭhika*˚] a chain of bones, i.e. a skeleton…

…Mhvs.15, Mhvs.42.

• -saṅkhalikā a chain of bones, a skeleton AN.iii.324 see also under kaṭaṭṭhika. *…

…Ja.i.58; Vv-a.173;

• -saṅkhalikā a magic chain Ja.ii.128; Ja.v.92, Ja.v.94
• -sadda heavenly…

skeleton; only in cpd. atthi˚ Aṭṭhikankal’ ūpamā kāmā Vin.ii.25; MN.i.130, MN.i.364; Ja.v.210; Thag.1150 (˚kuṭika): aṭṭhikankalasannibha Thig.488 (= Thag-a.287; cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885, 75) aṭṭhi …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …