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    See also avokṣaṇa, avokṣaṇam.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 198, col. 1.
    avokṣaṇaṃ [ava-ukṣ-bhāve lyuṭ] Ved. Sprinkling with the hand slightly bent; uttānenaiva hastena prokṣaṇaṃ parikīrtitaṃ . nyaṃcatābhyukṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ tiraścāvokṣaṇaṃ smṛtaṃ ..

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 134.
    avokṣaṇaṃ , klī, (ava + ukṣa + lyuṭ .) prokṣaṇa-
    viśeṣaḥ . nubjahastena jalakṣepaṇaṃ . yathā hārītaḥ .
    “tasmādadbhiravokṣyaitaddadyādālabhya eva ca” .
    avokṣya prokṣya iti ratnākaraḥ .. navyavarddhamāna-
    dhṛtam .
    “uttānena tu hastena prokṣaṇaṃ samudāhṛtam .
    nyubjatābhyukṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ tiraścāvokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam” ..
    iti śuddhitattvam ..