abhyavakāśika (1730)

abhyavakāśika
Entry 1730, Page 61, Col. 1

(aByavakASika, aByavakASika)
abhyavakāśika¦, adj. and subst. m. and (?) nt. (from prec.; = Pali abbhokāsika; BHS also ābhy°, q.v.; cf. also Skt. abhrāvakāśika, which in MIndic would have the same form, and which CPD suggests may be the historic original, BHS having hyper-Skt. forms; but cf. abhyavakāśa, for which no Skt. *abhrā° is recorded), (an ascetic) living in the open air, one of the dhūtaguṇa: AsP 387.8; Śikṣ 137.1 (contrasted with one who lives in a monastery); °kam, n. sg. nt., Mvy 7477, the practice of living as a monk in the open air (but see ābhy°, which prob. read).

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