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    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 72, col. 3.
    *Avamūrdha m. N. pr. einer mythischen Welt, Mahāvy. 154. *

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 73, col. 2.
    Avamūrdha , m. (adj., with head downward, upside

    down; cf. next, and Skt. Gr. avamūrdhaśaya), n. of a

    lokadhātu, associated with Vyatyasta (lokadhātu), q.v.:

    °dhaḥ Mvy 3068 (followed by Vyatyastaḥ); Gv 126.2

    (after Vyatyasta-lokadhātu-mukham) Avamūrdha-hāra-

    mukham (hāra seems to be corrupt; should we read

    lokadhātu for it?); Dbh 15.14 -vyatyastāvamūrdha- (in

    long cpd., beginning niravaśeṣasarvalokadhātu-); Ava-

    mūrdha-lipi, a kind of script, the script of the Avamūrdha

    lokadhātu, LV 125.22 (cf. Vyatyasta-lipī Mv i.135.6).