Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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saṅkhapāla
  1. saṅkha

    conch shell; chank; mother-of-pearl; Turbinella pyrum

  2. pāla

    guard; keeper; protector

Encyclopedia

4 entries

  • The Bodhisatta born as a Nāga king, the central figure of the Jātaka that bears his name; the same name evidently also serves as a generic term for the Nāgas of that realm.

  • A king of Ekabala whose military preparations prompted the sage Mahosadha to send a parrot as a spy, which reported back that there was no cause for alarm.

  • A lake in the Mahiṃsaka country that was the residence of the Nāga king of the same name, and the source of the river Kannapennā.

  • A pupil of the scholar-monk Buddhadatta, to whom Buddhadatta dedicated his treatise on Vinaya rulings.

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