avanamana ( nt. ) and onamanā , f. (= Pali onamana), pending : Gv 400.22 an-avanamanena … pāṇibhyāṃ jānumaṇḍale parimārjati, he touches his knees with his hands without bending (because his arms are so long); usually of bowing, bending in humility, a sign of absence of pride: Śikṣ 153.18 (here text by error avanama) and 19 avanamana-praṇamanatāyām (sarvasattveṣu, in 19 defines nirmānatā, freedom from pride ); LV 182.20 ( vs ) nirmāṇatā onamanā gurūṇāṃ; LV 430.22 (prose) -avanamana-praṇamana- (in a long cpd. ), bowing and bending (in humility before persons worthy of deference).