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Definition[1]

toraṇa : [nt.] an arched gateway; a decorative pandal.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Toraṇa (nt.) [Sk. toraṇa, perhaps related to Gr. tu/rsis, tu/rris=Lat. turris (tower), cp. Hor. Od. i.47 "regumque turris"=palaces] an arched gateway, portal; Vinii.154; D ii.83; Vv 351 (=dvārakoṭṭhaka -- pāsādassa nāmaŋ VvA 160); J iii.428; Dāvs v.48.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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