pending: Gv 400.22 an-avanamanena…pāṇibhyāṃ
jānumaṇḍale parimārjati, he touches his knees with his
hands without bending (because his arms are so long);
usually of bowing, bending in humility, a sign of absence
of pride: Śikṣ 153.18 (here text by error avanama) and 19
avanamana-praṇamanatāyām (sarvasattveṣu, in 19 defines
nirmānatā, freedom from pride); LV 182.20 (vs) nirmāṇatā
onamanā gurūṇāṃ; LV 430.22 (prose) -avanamana-pra-
ṇamana- (in a long cpd.), bowing and bending (in humility
before persons worthy of deference).