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रोमविवर (romavivara)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
रोम—विवर
n.
=
-कूप above,
BhP.
रोम—विवर
m.
n.
N.
of partic. mythical regions,
Kāraṇḍ.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
romavivara, m. and nt., n. of a series of mythical regions which belong to Avalokiteśvara, each one given a name (Suvarṇa, Kṛṣṇá, etc.), and its inhabitants (e.g. gandharvas, ṛṣis, Bodhisattvas, etc.) specified: Kv 〔59.13 ff.〕
〔60.3 ff.〕
〔62.3 ff.〕
〔64.8 ff., 65.12 ff.〕
〔67.7〕, colophon (read romavivara-varṇanaṃ for text °vivaraṇa-var°)
〔84.13 ff.〕
〔87.14—15〕. The word occurs in Skt. in the mg. pore of the skin (= Skt. romakūpa), but this can hardly be concerned here
has roma something to do with Skt. Romā, Rome, Romaka, Roman(s), etc.?