koṭayati (5221)

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koṭayati
Entry 5221, Page 193, Col. 2
(kowayati, kowayati)
koṭayati¦ (cf. ākoṭayati; simplex app. not otherwise recorded, cf. koṭanaka), (1) strikes: Divy 114.22 nagara- dvāraṃ triḥ (text tri-, here and in all the following) koṭayitavyam; tri(ḥ) koṭite dvāre Divy 115.27; 117.4, 13; (dvāramūlaṃ…) tri(ḥ) koṭayati Divy 115.27 (note 117.26 dvāraṃ trir ākoṭayati); (2) ppp. covered (with gold, silver, and jewels; perh. orig. studded, from struck), so Tib., gyogs pa: LV 236.9 (vs) svarṇarūpya-maṇi-koṭitā mahī kaṇṭhakasya caraṇai parāhatā, the earth, covered [Page194-a+ 71] with gold, silver, and gems, was struck by the feet of Kaṇ- ṭhaka. (Or could it mean the earth, as it was struck by the feet of K., was hit with gold, silver, and gems, with which the gods had magically shod the horse's feet? Tib. favors the other.)

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