nt.; = Pali avaṃsira(s), avasira(s), Skt. avākśiras), head
downwards, headlong: Mv iii.454.6 = 457.4 atha (457.4
mā; so Senart; mss. apparently lack any such word,
except that one reads nā in 457.4) ghorarūpaṃ narakaṃ
prapatiṣye avāśiro (so clearly the mss. read or intend;
vv.ll. avāraśiro, avaśiro, unmetr.; Senart em. avākśiro).