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वर्षस्थाल (varSasthAla)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वर्ष—स्थाल
n.
a rain-vessel (?),
Divyāv.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
varṣa-sthāla (nt.) or °lī, also varṣā-sthālī, lit. rain-receptacle (on a building, specifically a stūpa or caitya), i.e. doubtless gutter (so Feer)
always as a place which the pious decorate with gems: °sthāle mahāmaṇiratnāni tāny āropitāni Divy 〔244.13〕
(tan maṇiratnaṃ …) stūpavarṣasthālyām upari nibaddhaṃ Av 〔i.370.4〕
(maṇiratnaṃ …) caitye varṣāsthālyāṃ samāropitaṃ Av 〔i.383.6〕.