منكا

मनका mankā, or मंका mankā[S. मिणक+कः], s.m. A bead (of gold, or silver, etc.); a rosary;—the 'Adam's apple'; the os coccygis; a single vertebra (of the back or neck);—an amulet worn round the neck:—gardan-kāmankā ḍhalnāor ḍhalaknā, 'The vertebræ of the neck to incline or bend,' to be dying, to be at the point of death.