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दण्डवासिक (daNDavAsika)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
दण्ड—वासिक
m.
a door-keeper,
Buddh.
L.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
daṇḍa-vāsika, m. (= Pkt. °vāsiga, °vāsiya, Sheth, by the side of °pāsi
to be derived from Skt. dāṇḍapāśika, comm. on Deśīn. 〔2.99〕
〔§ 2.30〕), policeman, local guard (not Türsteher, BR): Mvy 〔3741〕 = Tib. yul sruṅs, place-guard.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Daṇḍavāsika (HD), Prakrit form of Daṇḍapāśika. See
Vogel, Ant. Ch. St., p. 129.