avanamana (2097)

avanamana
Entry 2097, Page 72, Col. 2

(avanamana, avanamana)
avanamana¦ (nt.) and onamanā, f. (= Pali onamana), oending: Gv 400.22 an-avanamanena…pāṇibhyāṃ jānumaṇḍale parimārjati, he touches his knees with his hands without bending (because his arms are so long); usually of bowing, bending in humility, a sign of absence of pride: Śikṣ 153.18 (here text by error avanama) and 19 avanamana-praṇamanatāyām (sarvasattveṣu, in 19 defines nirmānatā, freedom from pride); LV 182.20 (vs) nirmāṇatā onamanā gurūṇāṃ; LV 430.22 (prose) -avanamana-pra- ṇamana- (in a long cpd.), bowing and bending (in humility before persons worthy of deference).