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Shankha

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A named conch of Indian ritual sound. Not Panchajanya the named Vishnu-conch, and not a generic shell under a temple name.

Buddhist traditions

  • Shankha appears in Buddhist traditions.

    Watson’s Lotus Sūtra seats the conch among ritual sounds and treasure marks of Buddha-land honor. A named shankha in that sūtra, not Panchajanya as Vishnu’s named conch and not a generic shell.

    from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)

    Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.