avakubja (2037)

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avakubja
Entry 2037, Page 69, Col. 2
(avakubja, avakubja)
avakubja¦ and °jaka, adj. (= Pali avakujja, cf. AMg. avaujjiya, denom. ppp.; from ava and kubja), prone, flat on the face on the ground: in Mv i.213.7 = ii.16.11 na ca avakubjako (ii.16.11 mss. avakubjaṃ, may be kept as adv.; sc. tiṣṭhati; said of the Bodhisattva in his mother's womb); otherwise only with a form of prapatati, falls, and only as adj.: °ja LV 254.21; 256.3; Mv i.28.13; °jaka [Page070-a+ 71] Mv ii.126.6; 127.11; 128.15; 130.1; 283.1; 412.16. In two of these Senart erroneously apa° with one of his two mss.; read ava° with the other.

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