āya-dvāra (2858)

āya-dvāra
Entry 2858, Page 101, Col. 2

(AyadvAra, Aya-dvAra)
āya-dvāra¦, nt. (see āya), (1) cause or means (lit. door) of arrival or origin: of rain, jewels, money, flowers, KP 43.1--3 tad yathāpi…vyabhre deve vigatavalāhake nāsti varṣasyāyadvāraṃ, evam eva…alpaśrutasya bo- dhisattvasyāntikā (read °kān) nāsti saddharmavṛṣṭer āyadvāraṃ: 46.1--4 tad yathāpi…yatra maṇiratnāya- dvāraṃ bhavati, bahūnāṃ tatra karṣāpaṇaśatasahasrāṇām āyadvāraṃ bhavati; evam eva…yatra bodhisattvasyā- yadvāraṃ bhavati, bahūnāṃ tatra śrāvakapratyeka- buddhaśatasahasrāṇām āyadvāraṃ bhavati (in lines 6, 7, vs, āyo replaces āyadvāraṃ; same comparison KP [Page102-a+ 71] 92.2, 4, āyadvāraṃ, replaced in vs by āyu 7, āyo 9); Gv 501.17 bahūnāṃ puṣpaśatasahasrāṇām āyadvāraṃ bha- viṣyatīti; of dharma, Bbh 19.4 (dve ime…bodhisat- tvasya) mahatī kuśaladharmāyadvāre (dual); Gv 495.24 sarvadharmāyadvāra-tayā; others, Gv 466.5--6 kalyāṇa- mitrāyadvārāḥ, having good friends as their origin or cause (agrees with series of nouns ending sarvabuddhadharma- pratilambhapariniṣpattayaḥ, 1.4); āyadvārārthena ṣaḍā- yatanam Śāl 81.7 and MadhK 564.2 (cf. 552.9 with note: la porte d'arrivée, la porte de naissance); (2) source of income (cf. Skt. āya, income), substantially = karmānta: Bbh 5.15--16 udāreṣu ca karmānteṣv adhimukto bhavati, na parīttāyadvāreṣu; perhaps in this sense Mvy 2333 saṃ- ghāyadvāraharaṇam, depriving the assembly (of monks) of sources of income (? in a list of sins; Tib. is literal and not helpful).