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वालिकानगर (vAlikAnagara)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
vālikā-nagara (cf. AMg. vālua-ppabhā, °ppahā, JM. vāluā-puḍhavī, n. of a particular hell), sand-city
possibly, like the Pkt. words, n. of an infernal locality
but possibly rather a mirage-city, seen in the sands of a desert: dhig bhavāṃ sarada-abhra-saṃnibhā, vālikānagara-rūpa-saṃnibhā Mv 〔i.74.(8—)9〕, fie on the states of existence which resemble an autumn cloud or a ‘sand-city’. A third possibility might be a city built of or on sand, hence not substantial.