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आयद्वार (AyadvAra)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
आयद्वार AyadvAra
n.
 place where revenues are collected
Monier Williams Cologne
English
आय—द्वार
n.
 the place where revenues are collected.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
āya-dvāra, nt. (see āya),
(1) cause or means (lit. door) of arrival or origin: of rain, jewels, money, flowers, KP 〔43.1—3〕 tad yathāpi … vyabhre deve vigatavalāhake nāsti varṣasyāyadvāraṃ, evam eva … alpaśrutasya bodhisattvasyāntikā (read °kān) nāsti saddharmavṛṣṭer āyadvāraṃ: 〔46.1—4〕 tad yathāpi … yatra maṇiratnāyadvāraṃ bhavati, bahūnāṃ tatra karṣāpaṇaśatasahasrāṇām āyadvāraṃ bhavati
evam eva … yatra bodhisattvasyāyadvāraṃ bhavati, bahūnāṃ tatra śrāvakapratyekabuddhaśatasahasrāṇām āyadvāraṃ bhavati (in lines 6, 7, vs, āyo replaces āyadvāraṃ
same comparison KP 〔92.2, 4〕, [Page102-a] āyadvāraṃ, replaced in vs by āyu 7, āyo 9)
Gv 〔501.17〕 bahūnāṃ puṣpaśatasahasrāṇām āyadvāraṃ bhaviṣyatīti
of dharma, Bbh 〔19.4〕 (dve ime … bodhisattvasya) mahatī kuśaladharmāyadvāre (dual)
Gv 〔495.24〕 sarvadharmāyadvāra-tayā
others, Gv 〔466.5—6〕 kalyāṇamitrāyadvārāḥ, having good friends as their origin or cause (agrees with series of nouns ending sarvabuddhadharmapratilambhapariniṣpattayaḥ, 〔1.4〕)
āyadvārārthena ṣaḍāyatanam Śāl 〔81.7〕 and MadhK 〔564.2〕 (cf. 〔552.9〕 with note: la porte dʼarrivée, la porte de naissance)
(2) source of income (cf. Skt. āya, income), substantially = karmānta: Bbh 〔5.15—16〕 udāreṣu ca karmānteṣv adhimukto bhavati, na parīttāyadvāreṣu
perhaps in this sense Mvy 〔2333〕 saṃghāyadvāraharaṇam, depriving the assembly (of monks) of sources of income (? in a list of sins
Tib. is literal and not helpful).