གད་ཁ་

གད་ཁ། (Wyl. gad kha ) Pron.: gé kha

• Skt. प्रस्थः, prastha, Pron.: prastha. From Sanskrit: going on a march or journey, going to or abiding in | stable, firm, solid | expanding, spread | table-land on the top of a mountain | a level expanse, plain (•esp. at the end of names of towns and villages | and | a •partic. weight and measure of capacity (= 32 Palas or = 1/4 of an Āḍhaka | or = 16 Palas = 4 Kuḍavas = 1/4 of an Āḍhaka | or = 2 Śarāvas | or = 6 Palas | or = 1/16 of a Droṇa | N. of a monkey [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW