avīcika (2279)

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avīcika
Entry 2279, Page 79, Col. 1
(avIcika, avIcika)
avīcika¦, adj., pertaining to the hell Avīci: Dbh.g. 12(348).18 dukham avīcikam utsahāmi; Gv 160.2--3 āpa- rāntikāvīcikaduḥkhena (2d ed. °khe); m., an inhabitant of Avīci, Laṅk 138.4 kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vāvīciko bhavati.In the last two āvīcika might be intended; it is clearly read (as adj.) in MSV iv. 251.9.