avanejanaṃ

avanejanaṃ

1 Washing, ablution; na kuryādguruputrasya pādayoścāvanejanam Ms. 2. 209.

2 Washing off, ablution.

3 Water for washing, foot-bath; āpaḥ pādāvanejanīḥ Ait. Br.

4 Sprinkling water on the darbha grass at a Śrāddha ceremony.

avanejanaṃ , klī, (ava + nij + lyuṭ .) piṇḍa-
dānārthamāstṛtakuśopari jalasecanaṃ yathā brahma-
purāṇam, —
“sapuṣpaṃ jalamādāya teṣāṃ pṛṣṭhe pṛthak pṛthak .
apradakṣiṇaṃ nenijyāt gotranāmānumantritaṃ ..
pituravanejanaṃ mūladeśe pitāmahaprapitāmahayostu
avanejanaṃ madhyadeśāgradeśayoḥ . mātāmahādīnā-
mapyevaṃ . iti . piṇḍopari jalasecanaṃ . yathā
brahmapurāṇaṃ, —
“tato darbheṣu vidhivat sammārjya ca karantataḥ .
prakṣālya ca jalenātha trirācamya hariṃ smaret .
“tebhyaḥ saṃsravapātrebhyo jalenaivāvanejanaṃ .
dattvātra pitaraśceti paṭheccodaṅmukhasthitaḥ” ..
iti ca śrāddhatattvaṃ .. (prakṣālanaṃ .
“na kuryyāt guruputtrasya pādayoścāvanejanam” .
iti manuḥ .)