avASiro
avāśiro , adj. n. sg. m. (or could be adv. , acc. sg. nt. ; = Pali avaṃsira(s), avasira(s), Skt. avākśiras), head downwards, headlong : Mv iii.454.6 = 457.4 atha ( 457.4 mā; so Senart ; mss. apparently lack any such word, except that one reads nā in 457.4 ) ghorarūpaṃ narakaṃ prapatiṣye avāśiro (so clearly the mss. read or intend; vv.ll. avāraśiro, avaśiro, unmetr. ; Senart em. avākśiro).