(Pali aṭṭhi-saṃkhalā, °likā, see CPD),
(made, become) a skeleton: °śaṅkalā, thrice in Kalpanāmaṇ-
ḍitikā, see Lüders, KI. Skt. Texte 2, 42; °saṃkalikā Mv
i.21.9 (°kāḥ, v.l. sakal°, parivarjyanti nirmānsā snāyu-
saṃyuktāḥ); 22.2 (°kāyo, mss. °kāyā, n. pl.); 24.9 (nir-
mānsā °kā); Śikṣ 211.9 (°kāṃ māṃsaśoṇitamrakṣitāṃ
snāyuvinibaddhāṃ); °śakalā Divy 239.29; 240.3, 11; Divy
Index takes śakalā as skin, against which see Lüders,
who does not cite the Pali equivalent, which conclusively
proves his and my interpretation; °śakalīkṛtaḥ, made into
a skeleton, Divy 476.20 (preceded by nirmāṃso); °saṃ-
kalībhūtāni (mṛtaśarīrāṇi) Śikṣ 211.11, turned to skeletons;
CPD cites ‘Skt.’ asthi-śṛṅkhalī, which is a Lex. word said
to be n. of a plant, only; but whether Senart is right in
separating this (and Pali aṭṭhi-saṃkhalikā) from Skt.
śṛṅkhalā (also °la), Pali saṅkhalā, °likā, chain, is doubtful;
Senart assumes secondary influence in Pali of the latter
on an orig. (aṭṭhi-)saṃkalā, °likā; but in AMg. the words
for chain, saṃkala, °lā, °liyā (surely related to Skt.
śṛṅkhalā) have k for kh, presumably by influence of AMg.
saṃkalia = Skt. saṃkalita, united etc. (cf. also Pkt. saṃ-
kalaṇa, Skt. °na), and the BHS words here treated might
have a like origin. It is significant that BHS, like AMg.,
seems clearly to have śaṅkalā and saṃkalā, qq.v., chain.