Dhopana (neuter) [a variant of dhovana, q.v.] 1. ceremonial washing of the bones of the dead D I 6; aṭṭhi-dhovana Buddhaghosa at Sv I 84; A V 216 (see commentary Mp V 71). 2. Surgical washing of a wound Ja II 117. 3. In vaṃsadhopana, apparently a feat by acrobats Ja IV 390. It is possible that the passage at D I 6 really belongs here. See the note at D.B. I 9.