udveDa
udvedha ( m. ? = Pali ubbedha, defined as height ; AMg. uvveha, defined by Ratnach. only as depth ; Pkt. uvveha, acc. to Sheth height or depth , also zamīn-ka avagāha, penetration of the ground[?] ), height (so surely in most cases): Śikṣ 246.5 lokadhātuḥ saṃtiṣṭhate, caturaśītiryojanasahasrāṇy udvedhena; Mv i.196.17 ; iii.229.14 ; 232.10 (yaṣṭi, or yaṣṭī …) dvādaśayojanāni udvedhena; Mv i.196.2 (iṣikāni, so text …) dvādaśapauruṣā udvedhena; here preceded by figures relating to depth (extent of penetration of the ground), see naikhanya , and circumference (? see parigohya ); in a close parallel, Mv iii.228.13 , (iṣīkāni …) dvādaśapuruṣa-udvedhena ( mss. udvehena, uddehena) is preceded by the statement of depth ( naikhanya ) and by a form read by Senart tripauruṣoccāni, which would refer to height and so be inconsistent with udvedhena (which, however, if it meant depth , would be inconsistent with the preceding form containing naikhanya); it seems that Senart should have assumed -parigohya [Page132-b] (as in i.196.2 ; or some form relating to circumference ) instead of -ucca ( mss. read -pauruṣaroccāni or -puruṣaroddhā, perhaps showing, in the syllable -ro-, a faint trace of that original). Senart himself saw this in his note on i.196.2 , but overlooked it on iii.228.13 . Cf. āvedha, pravedha .