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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 74, col. 1.
    -avalehakam , adv. (Skt. °ka, adj., one who licks,

    BR 5.1063; so, hastāvalehakā(ḥ) abudhāḥ, foolish hand-

    lickers, 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 hastāvaleha-

    kaṃ 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).