-avalehakam (2153)

-avalehakam
Entry 2153, Page 74, Col. 1

(avalehakam, -avalehakam)
-avalehakam¦, adv. (Skt. °ka, adj., one who licks, BR 5.1063; so, hastāvalehakā(ḥ) abudhāḥ, foolish hand- lickers, said of certain ascetics, LV 258.5), in a manner accompanied by licking (of the hands or bowl; said of the cating process): Prāt 533.10 (Mvy 8587) na hastāvaleha- kaṃ piṇḍapātaṃ paribhokṣyāmaḥ, and Prāt 533.11 (Mvy 8588) na pātrāvalehakam…The Pali equivalent (Vin. iv. 198.5, 11) is -nillehakaṃ; but hatthāpalekhana also occurs (PTSD).

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