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अवलेहकम् (avalehakam)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-avalehakam, adv. (Skt. °ka, adj., one who licks, BR 〔5.1063〕
so, hastāvalehakā(ḥ) abudhāḥ, foolish handlickers, said of certain ascetics, LV 〔258.5〕), in a manner accompanied by licking (of the hands or bowl
said of the eating process): Prāt 〔533.10〕 (Mvy 〔8587〕) na hastāvalehakaṃ 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).