uṭṭaṅkikā (3300)
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Entry 3300, Page 120, Col. 1 -
(uwwaNkikA, uwwaNkikA)
uṭṭaṅkikā¦, some kind of attitude or behavior which monks must avoid in begging food: Mvy 8545 noṭṭaṅkikayā (instr.). Tib. braṅ bas (? braṅ breast; also dwelling); Chin. (here), perhaps walking with the palm of the foot (? or, with hands touching the feet?); acc. to Wogihara, Lex. 41, another Chin. renders limping (das Hinken); Jap. squatting (at the entrance of a house).