Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. 1 A door, gate; Y. 3. 12; Ms. 3. 88.
2 Access, way.
3 A means, an expedient. (dvārā ‘by [Page0587-b+ 56] means of’, ‘through’). Comp. sthaḥ, sthitaḥ (dvāḥsthaḥ, dvāsthaḥ, dvāḥsthitaḥ, dvā- sthitaḥ) a door-keeper, porter.