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अवाशिरो (avAziro)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
avāśiro, adj. n. sg. m. (or could be adv., acc. sg. nt.
= Pali avaṃsira(s), avasira(s), Skt. avākśiras), head downwards, headlong: Mv 〔iii.454.6〕 = 〔457.4〕 atha (〔457.4〕
so Senart
mss. apparently lack any such word, except that one reads in 〔457.4〕) ghorarūpaṃ narakaṃ prapatiṣye avāśiro (so clearly the mss. read or intend
vv.ll. avāraśiro, avaśiro, unmetr.
Senart em. avākśiro).