eluka ( m. or nt. ), ( 1 ) (= AMg. eluya, threshold of a door ; cf. Pali eḷaka, id. , wrongly queried in PTSD ; DN comm. ii.355.5 , on DN i.166.5 , = ummāra; possibly supported by Mv i.195.15 ), threshold : (teṣāṃ …) dvārāṇāṃ … elukā ( pl. ; Senart elūkā with v.l. iii.228.11 ; in i.195.15 both mss. valakā, perhaps to be read elakā in agreement with Pali , above) abhūṣi ( i.195.15 abhunsuḥ) Mv i.195.15 ; iii.228.11 ; ( 2 ) (= Skt. eḍūka, m. , and Lex. eḍuka), monument for containing the ashes of a dead person (occurs as eḍūkān, acc. pl. , and eḍūka-, in cpd. , Mbh. Cr. ed. 3.188.64, 66 , of heretical relic-shrines; prob. Buddhist word): Mv ii.486.5 (prose; refers to the ‘bones’ of ordinary laymen, not religious persons) asthini sāhareyetvā (so mss. , Senart asthīni saṃharayitvā) tato me elūkāṃ (so text, but v.l. elukāṃ; acc. pl. ) kārāpayesi.tatra ca elukadvāre (so both mss. ; Senart em. elūkā°) …; iii.20.9, 10 (same situation, story told in vss ) ekamante dahāpetvā elukaṃ ( mss. , Senart em. elūkaṃ) mama kāraye, elukaṃ ( mss. , Senart em. elūkaṃ) me karitvāna … Since Skt. Lexx. record eḍuka, and eḍūka is read only in one ms. in one passage, it seems best to read eluka in both.
eluka n. a kind of fragrant substance, Suśr.