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पटभेदक (paTabhedaka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
paṭa-bhedaka, m. or nt., substantially = Skt. and Pali puṭabhedana (for which a var. paṭa° is cited in BR from Amara acc. to Loiseleur), city, metropolis, or perhaps castle, citadel (so Bendall and Rouse on Śikṣ, citing Tib. mkhar which has that mg. and also house): rājyaṃ parityajan paṭabhedakaṃ nagararājadhānīṃ Śikṣ 〔27.5〕. Perhaps read puṭa° (and °na for °ka ?).