ṣaḍ-vālaka (15371)

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ṣaḍ-vālaka
Entry 15371, Page 538, Col. 2
(zaqvAlaka, zaq-vAlaka)
ṣaḍ-vālaka¦, m. or nt., n. given to the specially strong gate built by Śuddhodana to guard the Bodhisattva; having six bars (?); perh. read °vāra-ka, but even this does not seem closely paralleled in the required mg.: Śuddhodanena rājakumārasya ṣaḍvālako (no v.l.) nāma dvāro kārāpito pañcapuruṣaśatehi apāvurīyati Mv ii.157.19; tena (sc. yakṣeṇa) °ka-dvāram (here by em.; mss. paṭṭālaka- dvāram, or only ṣa-dvāram!) apāvṛtaṃ, ghoṣaṃ ca nigṛhītaṃ 161.3.

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