adjective (masculine)
Abbhokāsika (adjective) [from abbhokāsa] belonging to the open air, one who lives in the open, the practice of certain ascetics. D I 167; M I 282; A III 220; Vin V 131, 193; Ja IV 8 (+ nesajjika); Pp 69; Miln 20, 342. (One of the 13 dhutaṅgas). See also Nidd I 188; Nidd II §587. -aṅga the practice or system of the "campers-out" Nidd I 558 (so read for abbhokāsi-kaṅkhā, cf. Nidd I 188).
(an ascetic or bhikkhu) living in the open, in the open air
(masc, masc, from abbhokāsa) ascetic who lives in the open air; open-air dweller who lives in the open air Construction: abhi > abhy > abbh + ava + √kās + a + ika abbhokāsa + ika