AdIptaSiraScElopama
ādīptaśiraścailopama (in Mvy °celop°), adj. , and °ma-tā, subst. , (state of being) like one whose head or clothes are on fire ( i.e. who is in extreme danger and needs nirvāpaṇa, the putting out of the flames; applied to one leading a worldly life; in Pali ādittasīsa and ādittacela occur as separate cpds. , AN iv.320.26 , cf. also SN v.440.7 ): °maḥ Mvy 1802 ; Śikṣ 54.3—4 kusīdo 'haṃ bodhiś cādīptaśiraścailopamena bahūn kalpān … samudānetavyā; 191.8—9 parākramasaṃpannatā ādīptaśiraścailopamatā jñānaparyeṣṭyā (here state of realizing, being aware, that oneʼs head and clothes are on fire , and so in next); Gv 493.2 īdṛśyādīpta° °pamatayā (text separates īdṛśyā dīpta°) kalyāṇamitrājñānaṃ na vilomayanti. Bendall and Rouse in Śikṣ Transl. misunderstand the word.