śivika-dvāra (15042)

śivika-dvāra
Entry 15042, Page 528, Col. 2

(SivikadvAra, Sivika-dvAra)
śivika-dvāra¦, nt., acc. to Tib. (lho sgo) on 139.15, south gate (of a city): MSV iii.139.15 ff. (in 16, °raṃ rātryāṃ dvau yāmau vivṛtaṃ tiṣṭhati, pūrvakam paścima- [Page529-a+ 71] kaṃ ceti, implying a double gate, both parts open); in iii.137.12 tad eva te °raṃ bhavanam, that very same śi° is your home. I cannot explain śivika; but for Tib., I should suspect relation to Pali sivikā-gabbha, Vin. ii.152.18, acc. to comm. = caturassa-g°, rectangular; but this is equally obscure. Could śivika, as if auspicious, be a euphemism for the unlucky south ?

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