gaulmika (5918)

gaulmika
Entry 5918, Page 218, Col. 1

(gOlmika, gOlmika)
gaulmika¦, m. (in Skt. member or commander of a troop of soldiers; AMg. gummi(y)a, defined as a guard of a fort; a watchman), acc. to Tib. la gcan pa = a collector of duties on a mountain pass (Das): Mvy 3803. Follows śaulkika; Jap. customs officer; perh. originally guard at an outpost, later one who collected duties there.