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Entry 2165, Page 74, Col. 2 -
(avavaraka, avavaraka)
avavaraka¦ (also avaraka? m. or nt.; = Pali ovaraka, Skt. apavaraka, which is read also in mss. of Divy), [Page075-a+ 71] a secret apartment or chamber; acc. to Speyer Av ii.158.10 n., a subterranean room. Several times mss. (of Av, Divy) present avaraka, which might be regarded as a case of haplology or haplography; but twice, at least, Pali seems to read (a)varaka instead of ovaraka: jāto (')varake Jāt. i.391.21 and Vv comm. 158.14 (PTSD would understand jāt' ovarake; both prose): KP 71.1 (prose) gṛhe vā layane vā avavarake vā; Mmk 519.27 (prose) guhye pradeśe avavarake vā; 534.10 (vs) prachanne…svagṛhe vāvava- rake 'pi ca (meter corrupt); Av ii.54.5 avarakaṃ praviṣṭā udbandhanahetoḥ (to hang herself); here text with ms. avara°; 55.7 avavarakam (so ms., text avara°) avabhā- samānā; 158.10 avavarakaṃ praviśa, and °kaṃ praviṣṭā; Divy 471.8 apavarakaṃ (no v.l.) prāviśat; avavarake (or avarake) strī prasūtā Divy 471.9 (text apav°, but no ms. has -p-; they point to avarake or avavarake); 479.25 (text apav°, but all mss. avarake), 26--27 (text apav° with 1 ms., 2 mss. (a)varake, actually varake after -e).