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aṭṭhi-saṁkhalikā

, f. [cf. sa. asthi-çṛṅkhalā &
atthika-saṁkhalikā above], a skeleton; DN II 296,13
(v. l. aṭṭhika-s°); Ps I 174,5 (v. l. for aṭṭhika-s°, MN
I 58,24); Pv 349. — °-peta, m., a ghost in the shape
of a skeleton; Dhp-a III 479,6-10; Spk II 269,7. —
°-matta, mfn., reduced to a skeleton; Pv-a 152,21.

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