ujjaṅkikā (3291)

ujjaṅkikā
Entry 3291, Page 119, Col. 2

(ujjaNkikA, ujjaNkikA)
ujjaṅkikā¦, some kind of attitude or behavior which monks must avoid in begging food: Mvy 8546 nojjaṅki- kayā (instr.). Tib. ḥjol thabs su (? perhaps with robe dragging, sc. on the ground?); Chin. (here) apparently pulling at clothes while walking; elsewhere, acc. to Wogihara, Lex. 41, Chin. walking on tiptoe, and so Jap. on Mvy. The pw 7.322 says the ‘correct’ reading would be ujjakṣikā, and Wogihara, Lex. 41, suggests that the corresponding Pali is ujjhaggikā (or rather, by em. ujjagghikā), Vin. iv.187.16, which means laughing, derision, see uccagghati; this seems indeed quite possible.