adjective face downward, head first, prone, bent over (opp. ukkujja & uttāna) Ja.i.13 Bv.ii.52; Ja.v.295; Ja.vi.40; Pv.iv.10#8; Pv-a.178.

• -pañña (adj.) one whose reason is turned upside down (like an upturned pot, i.e. empty) AN.i.130; Pp.31 (= adhomukha-pañña Pp-a.214).

ava + kujja, cp. B.Sk. avakubja Mvu.i.29, avakubjaka ibid. Mvu.i.213; Mvu.ii.412