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pṛṣṭhi- ( pṛṣṭha- , pṛṣṭhī- ; mss. sometimes pṛṣṭi-) -kaṇṭaka , often spelled °kaṇṭhaka (see this) in mss. of Mv , m. or nt. (= Pali piṭṭhi-kaṇṭaka; also piṭṭhī-?), backbone : LV 254.13 evaṃ me pṛṣṭhīkaṇṭako 'bhūd; 20 pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakam evāsprākṣam; 256.1 pṛṣṭhīkaṇṭakaḥ; Mv ii.125.16 pṛṣṭhakaṇṭakāni; 127.5 pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakāsthikāni; 128.10 pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakāni; 129.12 evam eva me pṛṣṭhakaṇṭakaṃ ( mss. , Senart em. °kā) abhūnsuḥ (all passages are prose); pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakam Mv ii.127.10 ; 128.15 ; 129.17 , see prec. and next.