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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 34, col. 1.
    anuvidiś , f. (blend of Skt. vidiś and Pali anudisā),

    supplementary direction, semi-cardinal point, = vidiś, in

    Bcṭ 328.11 (= Śikṣ 245.18, where text na tu vidiśam); in

    Śikṣ 252.15 text correctly nānuvidiśaṃ (acc. sg.); in these

    adhaḥ and ūrdhvam are separately mentioned, as in AsP

    481.18--19 mordhvaṃ mādho mā cānuvidiśam avalokayan

    gāḥ; but for this fact, Sukh 36.11 could easily be taken to

    prove that anu° means specifically the nadir and zenith,

    since, after the 4 cardinal points (°paścimottarāsu dikṣu),

    it follows with adha ūrdhvam anuvidikṣu. But the above

    passages show that adha ūrdhvam in Sukh must not be

    taken with anu°, which must apparently mean instead the

    semicardinal points (not otherwise mentioned here).