Shankhavalayakara, Śaṅkhavalayakāra, Shankhavalaya-kara: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Śaṅkhavalayakāra can be transliterated into English as Sankhavalayakara or Shankhavalayakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚaṅkhavalayakāra (शङ्खवलयकार).—(śaṅkha-valaya-kāra), m. (Sanskrit śaṅkha-valaya, see [Boehtlingk], in its only recorded occurrence seems not helpful), an artisan who works in shell and ivory: Mahāvastu ii.473.8; he makes śaṅkha-gajadanta-mayāni ābharaṇāni, 9; specific products are then named, some app. made of shell, others of ivory; did he work in both materials separately, or in combinations of the two, shell inlaid with ivory or vice versa, or wood inlaid with both ? Cf. śaṅkhikā (q.v.) dantakārakā.
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Partial matches: Shankhavalaya, Kara.
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