avaṣaṅga (2185)
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Entry 2185, Page 76, Col. 1 -
(avazaNga, avazaNga)
avaṣaṅga¦, m., some part of a building: Mvy 5570 = Tib. ya phubs (? top roof?). Prof. Lo Ch'ang-pei informs me that the Chin. translation now means grand, huge or empty, but that the ‘radical’ of the sign suggests a pos- sible original meaning roof. In MPS 34.61 acc. to Tib. large beam, gduṅ bo che.