1. lokapāla
lokapāla m. a world-protector, guardian of the w˚ , regent of a quarter of the w˚ (the Loka-pāla s are sometimes regarded as the guardian deities of different orders of beings, but more commonly of the four cardinal and four intermediate points of the w˚ , viz. accord. to Mn. v, 96 , 1. Indra , of t