masculine · indakhīla 1 · indakhīla 2
Indakhīla [inda + khīla, cf. BHS indrakīla Divy 250, 365, 544; Avś I 109, 223] — "Indra's post"; the post, stake or column of Indra, at or before the city gate; also a large slab of stone let into the ground at the entrance of a house D II 254 (°ṃ ūhacca, cf. Dhp-a II 181); Vin IV 160 (explained ibid. as sayani-gharassa ummāro, i.e. threshold); S V 444 (ayokhīlo + ā.); Dhp 95 (°ūpama, cf. Dhp-a II 181); Thag 663; Ja I 89; Miln 364; Vism 72, 466; Pj II 201; Sv I 209 (nikkhamitvā bahi °ā); Dhp-a II 180 (°sadisaṃ Sāriputtassa cittaṃ), 181 (nagara-dvāre nikhataṃ °ṃ).
a post or stone set in the ground at the door of a house or palace or at the city gates against which the door or gate was closed; a threshold
【陽】 門前梯級，門檻，在城門前的壯柱。
(masc, masc, comp) (of a city) Inda's column; gate post of a city strong post before a city gate Construction: inda + khīla
(masc, masc, comp) doorway; doorstep; threshold; entrance door-step, threshold [lit.] Inda's column Construction: inda + khīla