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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 42, col. 2.
    apakṣāla , m., fault, defect, failing, sin: Bbh 351.17

    (catvāraḥ) °lāḥ, te prahīṇā bhavanti (they are then listed;

    as a result of the riddance, the vihāra becomes supari-

    śuddha, line 21); 352.23 sarvāpakṣālāpagata-; cf. Wogi-

    hara, Lex. 17; in Mvy 7069 v.l. for Kyoto ed. apakṣaṇa,

    q.v. (Mironov reads apakṣālaḥ, with v.l. only avakṣayaḥ);

    Tib. skyon, regularly = doṣa; Chin. transgression, evil;

    Jap. evil, calamity; Śikṣ 145.6 ata evodārakuśalapakṣa-

    vivarjanatā 'pakṣāla ity ucyate (Bendall and Rouse

    throwing away, but the above meaning would fit well;

    Tib. ma bsruṇs pa, could mean non-observance); but acc.

    to the Kyoto ed. of Mvy (above), Chinese versions of

    Śikṣ prove that its text had a form of -kṣaṇ- (which is

    said to be phonetically reproduced in the Chin.). Bendall

    and Rouse compare Pali khalayati, in Jāt. iv.205.13

    (correct their ref.) khalayātha; comm. khalīkāraṃ pāpetvā

    niddhamatha. Cf. also Pali avakkhalita, mistake, offense

    (CPD), which is connected with Skt. skhal-. Is apakṣāla

    an unhistorical back-formation from a MIndic word

    related to this latter? Despite the alleged Chinese support

    for apakṣaṇa, it seems a questionable reading, and apak-

    ṣāla should prob. be read, with Mironov in Mvy (as well

    as in Śikṣ, for which no v.l. is recorded).