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Amara's Thesaurus 1.1.60

Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa) 1.1.60

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1.1.60

## Directions or quarters (5), four directions or quarters,belonging to a direction ## (1.3.173) diśastu kakubhaḥ kāṣṭhā āśāśca haritaśca tāḥ
(1.3.174) prācyavācīpratīcyastāḥ pūrvadakṣiṇapaścimāḥ
(1.3.175) uttarādigudīcī syāddiśyaṃ tu triṣu digbhave

(1.3.173) Diś, kakubh, kāṣṭhā, āśā, and harit [denote the cardinal directions, all feminine].
(1.3.174) Prācī, avācī, and pratīcī are the east, south, and west;
(1.3.175) the northern direction is udīcī. Diśya, however, in the three genders, means 'born or existing in a direction'.

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