Dvāra
Dvāra,(nt.) [Ved.dvār (f.) & dvāra (nt.),base *dhvār,cp.Av.dvar∂m; Gr.quρa_,qurw/n; Lat.fores (gate),forum; Goth.daúr,Ohg.turi=Ger.tür,Ags.dor=E.door.] 1.lit.an outer door,a gate,entrance Vin.I,15; S.I,58,138,211; J.I,346; II,63; VI,330; Vbh.71 sq.; PvA.4,67 (village gate),79; Sdhp.54,356.-- That d.cannot be used for an inner door see Vin.II,215; on knocking at a d.see DA.I,252; cp.DhA.I,145 (dvāraṁ ākoṭeti); to open a door:āvarati; to shut:pidahati; to lock:thaketi.dvāraṁ alabhamāna unable to get out Vin.II,220.-- mahā° the main or city gate J.I,63; culla° J.II,114; catu° (adj.) having 4 doors (of niraya) Pv.I,1013; cha° with 6d.(nagaraṁ,w.ref.to the 6 doors of the senses,see below) S.IV,194; pure° the front d.J.II,153; pacchima° the back d.J.VI,364; uttara° the E.gate (PvA.74); nagara° the city gate (J.I,263; deva° DhA.I,280); gāma° the village g.(Vin.III,52; J.II,110); ghara° (J.IV,142; PvA.38) & geha° (PvA.61) the house door; antepura° the door of the inner chamber M.II,100; kula° the doors of the clan-people Sn.288.-- metaph.of the door leading to Nibbāna:amata° S.I,137; A.V,346.‹-› 2.(fig.) the doors=in- & outlets of the mind,viz.the sense organs; in phrase indriyesu gutta-dvāra (adj.) guarding the doors with respect to the senses or faculties (of the mind):see gutta (e.g.S.II,218; IV,103 & cp.Dhs.trsl.p.175).-- S.IV,117,194 (with simile of the 6 gates of a city); VvA.72 (kāya-vacī°).The nine gates of the body at Vism.346.Thus also in f.abstr.guttadvāratā the condition of well protected doors (see gutta).
--kavāṭa a door post J.I,63; II,334; VI,444; PvA.280,--koṭṭhaka [cp.Sk.dvārakoṣṭhaka Sp.AvŚ I.24,31] gateway; also room over the gate Ud.52,65; J.I,290; III,2; IV,63,229; VvA.6,160; DhA.I,50; II,27,46; IV,204; Vism.22; Miln.10.-- bahidvārakoṭṭhake or °ā outside the gate M.I,382; II,92; A.III,31; IV,206; --gāma a village outside the city gates,i.e.a suburb (cp.bahidvāragāma J.I,361) J.III,126 (°gāmaka),188; IV,225; DhA.II,25 (°ka); --toraṇa a gateway J.III,431.--pānantara at J.VI,349 should be read °vātapānantara; --pidahana shutting the door Vism.78.--bāhā a door post S.I,146; Pv.I,51; DhA.III,273; --bhatta food scattered before the door Sn.286; --vātapāna a door-window Vin.II,211; J.VI,349; --sālā a hall with doors M.I,382; II,61.(Page 332)