izika
iṣika , nt. , or iṣikā , f. (perhaps also iṣīka, nt. ; cf. Pali esika, °kā, interpreted in Dictt. as pillar, post ), signpost : Mvy 7048 iṣikā māpitā bhavanti ( Tib. śiṅ-rtags , tree (or wood ) sign ; Chin. app. sign-post or the like): Mv i.196.1 and iii.228.12 dvārāṇāṃ purato iṣikāni ( iii.228.12 iṣī°, v.l. iṣi°) māpitāni abhūnsuḥ; Śikṣ 173.16 iṣikā-padaṃ vā dadyāt, or should present a sign-post (at the caitya of a past Buddha, marking the holy spot; otherwise but implausibly Bendall and Rouse ).