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इषिक (iSika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
iṣika, nt., or iṣikā, f. (perhaps also iṣīka, nt.
cf. Pali esika, °kā, interpreted in Dictt. as pillar, post), signpost: Mvy 〔7048〕 iṣikā māpitā bhavanti (Tib. śiṅ-rtags, tree (or wood) sign
Chin. app. sign-post or the like): Mv 〔i.196.1〕 and 〔iii.228.12〕 dvārāṇāṃ purato iṣikāni (〔iii.228.12〕 iṣī°, v.l. iṣi°) māpitāni abhūnsuḥ
Śikṣ 〔173.16〕 iṣikā-padaṃ dadyāt, or should present a sign-post (at the caitya of a past Buddha, marking the holy spot
otherwise but implausibly Bendall and Rouse).