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kappāsa-vihanana-dhanu

, n. [cf. kappāsapothana-
dhanuka, q.v.], a bow for batting cotton; on which, cf.
JESHO XVII 1974: 84 foll.; vihatenā ti ~unā pabbajaṭā-
naṁ vijaṭavasena hatena, tenâha supoṭhitenā ti aṁsu-
aṁsukaraṇavasena (v.l asaṅkaraṇavasena, which pro-
bably read with Be) suṭṭhu bheditenā ti attho, Sv-pṭ II
230,13 (ad Sv 583,30 ad D II 141,33).

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