dhovāpanika (7966)
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Entry 7966, Page 287, Col. 1 - <k1>DovApanika<k2>DovApanika dhovāpanika¦ (nt.; to unrecorded MIndic *dhovāpeti, caus. to dhovati, plus -ana, plus -ika), fee for having clothes washed, washerman's fee: Mv ii.466.17; 467.4, 5, 7; in all °kaṃ, acc. sg. Cf. rañjāpanika, which occurs a little later in the same text, and on which this form may possibly be modelled.