Kowaka
khoṭaka (see also kṣoḍaka ), khoḍaka, (kholaka ?) , m. (or nt. ; perh. cf. AMg. khoḍa, log of wood? JM. khoḍī, box? or Deśī khoḍa(ga), peg, nail? ), some part or appendage of a wall or rampart; acc. to pw 7.336 coping of a wall, a mg. said to be that of Skt. Lex. khoḍaka-śīrṣaka; in Mvy 5529 text erroneously koḍhakaḥ, but vv.ll. khoṭ°, khoḍ°, one of which must be read; Mironov khoṭakaḥ, v.l. khoḍh°; Tib. lcog , turret , or śiṅ thags skabs daṅ sbyar ; the last three words seem to mean fit for, adapted to ( Das , s.v. skabs ), and siṅ thags = wooden enclosure ; this cpd. is used for khoṭaka LV 193.6 in Tib. ; khoṭaka occurs: LV 193.6 ( vs ) parikhā-khoṭaka-toraṇāś ca mahatā prākāra ucchrāpitā; Mv ii.193.14 , read, aṭṭāla-khoṭaka-racite dṛḍha-prākāra-toraṇe (see Senartʼs note on iii.19.17, p. 468 ); Gv 162.20 (mahānagaraṃ … aneka-)-ratna-khoṭaka-pratimaṇḍitaṃ, 21 sarve ca te ratnakhoṭakā …; 167.17 ratna-khoṭakāni; 202.26 sarva-ratna-khoṭaka-racitaprākāraṃ; khoḍaka, in Mv ii.484.16 = iii.19.17 ( vs ) ete udviddha- ( ii.484.16 mss. oviddha)-prākārā aṭṭāṭṭālakakhoḍakā (in iii.19.17 Senart °kholakā with 1 ms. , the other quoted as °ṣodakā, doubtless misprint for °ṣoḍakā = °kho°); Divy 220.21 , read (teṣu prākāreṣu caturvidhāḥ) khoḍakā ( mss. ṣo°) māpitāḥ; AsP 486.1 (teṣāṃ … prākārāṇāṃ) … suvarṇasya khoḍaka-śīrṣāṇi ( cf. the Skt. Lex. cpd. cited above) pramāṇavanty upodgatāni. For another case see kṣoḍaka .