vyomaka, (1) (14745)

vyomaka, (1)
Entry 14745, Page 520, Col. 2

(vyomaka, vyomaka)
vyomaka, (1)¦ nt., some kind of ornament: °kam Mvy 6052, in a list of ornaments; Tib. mkhaḥ rten, see below; (2) m. and nt., = Tib. mkhaḥ rten, rendered by Das the firmament; sky supporting; a sort of ornament. The mg. ornament has not been found except in Mvy 6052. Elsewhere the word clearly means a tall palatial building, often supernaturally or magically created; lit., I suppose, reaching to the sky (Skt. vyoman; Tib. would mean sky-support), and usually in the cpd. ratna-vy°, one made of jewels; (nagarasya śṛṅgāṭake) saptaratnavyoma- kopary asaṃkhyeyaratnamaye…bhadrāsane Gv 143.8; (ekaikasyāṃ rathyāyām ubhayor antayor viṃśati-) vyo- maka-koṭīḥ sarvopakaraṇaparipūrṇaiḥ sthāpitā(ḥ) Gv 164.21 (for the benefit of all creatures); (mārgaḥ…) ubhayato nānāratnavyomakapaṅktiviracitavyūhaḥ (Bhvr.), tatra keṣucid ratnavyomakeṣu vividharatnaparipūrṇ- āni ratnabhājanāni sthāpitāny abhūvan yācanaka- saṃghapratipādanakārthaṃ, keṣucid vyomakeṣu etc. Gv 403.15 ff., down to 404.7, in numerous repetitions always keṣucid vyomakeṣu (they all contained largesse for beg- gars); ratnavyomakāni saṃsthitāny abhūvan, sarveṣu ca ratnavyomaka-mūrdhneṣu koṭīśataṃ devaputrāṇāṃ… avasthitam abhūt SP 405.4--5; ratnavyomakāni 410.12; sarvasya ca tālavṛkṣasya purato ratnavyomakaḥ saṃsthito 'bhūt, sarvasmiṃś ca ratnavyomake aśītyapsaraḥsahasrāṇi …sthitāny abhūvan LV 274.5--6; ratnavyomakāṃs tasmin…'bhinirmimīte sma, tebhyaś ca ratnavyomake- bhya iyaṃ gāthā niścacāra LV 293.13--14; teṣu kūṭāgāreṣu ratnavyomakeṣu (not ep. of kūṭā° as stated BR 6.1486; Tib. makes the two coordinate nouns, connected by daṅ) …bodhisattvavigrahān abhinirmimīte sma 294.13.

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