vedikā (14453)

vedikā
Entry 14453, Page 508, Col. 2

(vedikA, vedikA)
vedikā¦ (= Pali id.), railing, especially one made of bars with interstices, or network, of the kind commonly surrounding Buddhist stūpas; in BHS around cities: °kā Mvy 5586 = Tib. lan kan (railing), and others; °kāyāḥ sphaṭikamayā sūcī ālambanam adhiṣṭhānam Divy 221.8 (cf. sūcī); (nagarī…uccaistoraṇa-)-gavākṣa-vātāyana- °kā-pratimaṇḍitā Divy 315.9; coping on a roof,-pravṛddhod- dhṛta-vedikaṃ ca tṛṇacchadaṃ SP 83.2 (vs; so with WT and Kashgar rec.), the thatched roof was old and had a cracked (yawning, uddhṛta) coping; °kā-jāla, nt., network of a railing, °lam Mvy 5583 = Tib. lan kan gyi dra ba; rāja- dhānī saptahi °kā-jālehi parikṣiptā Mv i.194.18 = iii.227.5.