Avakaṃsa [from ava-karṣati; on ṃs: °rṣ cf. haṃsati: harṣati] dragging down, detraction, abasement, in compound ukkaṃsavak° lifting up and pulling down, raising and lowering, rise and fall D I 54.
(masc, masc) decrease; decline; inferiority Construction: ava + kaṃsa + a