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व्यामोत्सङ्ग (vyAmotsaGga)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
vyāmotsaṅga, m., acc. to Senart some part, or the whole, of the covering or facade of a city gate
but utsaṅga could only mean horizontal, not vertical, covering
more likely it refers to some hollow in or about the gate
it may have measured a fathom (vyāma) in width: teṣāṃ dvārāṇāṃ dvinnāṃ varṇānāṃ °gā abhūṣi suvarṇasya ca rūpyasya ca Mv 〔i.195.10〕.