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श्रावणामुख (zrAvaNAmukha)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
śrāvaṇā-mukha, and śravaṇā°, acc. to Speyerʼs Index rendered by Tib. on Av (°kheṣu) bsgrags laḥi gnas rnams su, (in) place(s) for proclamation: rathyāvīthīcatváraśṛṅgāṭakeṣu śrāvaṇāmukheṣv anuśrāvya Av 〔ii.182.6〕
nagare catvaraśṛṅgāṭake śravaṇāmukheṣu āha Mv 〔iii.90.11〕
Mathurāyāṃ catvaraśṛṅgāṭakavīthī-mukha-śravaṇāmukheṣu ghaṇṭā ghoṣāpitā 〔390.19〕
since -mukha- after vīthī in the last surely means entrance, possibly °ṇāmukha also means lit. entrance to a (place of) proclamation, but Tib. (above) has no word for entrance
mukha could also mean lit. occasion, means (of proclaiming, or hearing, śravaṇā = °ṇa)
there is a Pkt. sāvaṇā, causing to hear, making known.