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dvāranti

dvāra

nt

1. door; entrance; gate; gateway
2. door of action; i.e. body, speech or mind
3. having sense-doors; with the six sense fields
4. sense door

Analysis. dvāraṃ + iti

Etymology. √dvar > dvār + *a; from √dvar 'obstruct, prohibit'; Sanskrit dvāra [dvṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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