SivikadvAra
śivika-dvāra , nt. , acc. to Tib. ( lho sgo ) on 139.15 , south gate (of a city): MSV iii.139.15 ff. (in 16, °raṃ rātryāṃ dvau yāmau vivṛtaṃ tiṣṭhati, pūrvakam paścimakaṃ [Page529-a] ceti, implying a double gate, both parts open); in iii.137.12 tad eva te °raṃ bhavanam, that very same śi° is your home . I cannot explain śivika; but for Tib. , I should suspect relation to Pali sivikā-gabbha, Vin. ii.152.18 , acc. to comm. = caturassa-g°, rectangular ; but this is equally obscure. Could śivika, as if auspicious , be a euphemism for the unlucky south ?