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अवनमन (avanamana)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
avanamana (nt.) and onamanā, f. (= Pali onamana), pending: 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-praṇamana- (in a long cpd.), bowing and bending (in humility before persons worthy of deference).