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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 91.
    aṣṭadikpāla m. plu. (-lāḥ) The regents of the cardinal points, as INDRA of the East; VAHNI of the S. E.; YAMA of the South; NAIRṚTA of the S. W.; VARUṆA of the West; MARUT of the N. W.; KUVERA of the North; and ĪŚA of the N.

    E. aṣṭadiś the eight points, and pāla who protects.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 71, col. 2.
    aṣṭa-dik-pāla (lāḥ) 1. m. Regents
    of the cardinal points.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 116, col. 2.
    aṣṭa—°dik—pāla ās, m. pl. the eight regents of the cardinal points, as Indra of the East, &c.
    ☞ p. 116, col. 2.
    (See dik-pati and -pāla.)

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 75, col. 2.
    aṣṭadikpāla m. plu. (-lāḥ) The regents of the cardinal points, as INDRA of
    the East; VAHNI of the S.

    E.; YAMA of the South; NAIRRIT of
    the S. W.; VARUNA of the West; MARUT of the N. W.; KUVERA
    of the North; and ISA of the N.

    E.

    E. aṣṭadiś the eight points, and
    pāla who protects.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 518, col. 1.
    aṣṭadikpāla pu0 aṣṭau diśaḥpālayanti pā—ṇic—aṇ
    upa0 sa0 . “indrāgniyamanirṛtivaruṇavāyusomeśānarūpeṣu
    aṣṭasu dikpāleṣu .