“Indra’s post”; the post, stake or column of Indra, at or before the city gate; also a large slab of stone let into the ground at the entrance of a house DN.ii.254 (˚ṃ ūhacca, cp. Dhp-a.ii.181); Vin.iv.160 (expl^d. ibid. as sayani-gharassa ummāro, i.e. threshold) SN.v.444 (ayokhīlo +); Dhp.95 (˚ûpama, cp. Dhp-a.ii.181) Thag.663; Ja.i.89; Mil.364; Vism.72, Vism.466; Snp-a.201; DN-a.i.209 (nikkhamitvā bahi ˚ā); Dhp-a.ii.180 (˚sadisaṃ Sāriputtassa cittaṃ), Dhp-a.ii.181 (nagara-dvāre nikhataṃ ˚ṃ).

inda + khīla, cp. BSk. indrakīla Divy.250, Divy.365, Divy.544; Avs.i.109, Avs.i.223