romavivara (12873)

romavivara
Entry 12873, Page 457, Col. 2

(romavivara, romavivara)
romavivara¦, m. and nt., n. of a series of mythical regions which belong to Avalokiteśvara, each one given a name (Suvarṇa, Kṛṣṇá, etc.), and its inhabitants (e.g. gandharvas, ṛṣis, Bodhisattvas, etc.) specified: Kv 59.13 ff.; 60.3 ff.; 62.3 ff.; 64.8 ff., 65.12 ff.; 67.7, colophon (read romavivara-varṇanaṃ for text °vivaraṇa-var°); 84.13 ff.; 87.14--15. The word occurs in Skt. in the mg. pore of the skin (= Skt. romakūpa), but this can hardly be concerned here; has roma something to do with Skt. Romā, Rome, Romaka, Roman(s), etc.?

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