kaṅkala

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) aṭṭhikankala aṭṭhi-puñja aṭṭhi-rāsi SN.ii.185 = Iti.17 (but in the verses on same page: puggalass’ aṭṭhisañcayo). Cp. aṭṭhisankhalikā Pv-a.152; aṭṭhika sankhalikā Ja.i.433; aṭṭhi-sanghāṭa Thag.60.

Sk. kankāla & cp. śṛnkhala (as kaṇṇa → śṛnga), orig. meaning “chain”