dhopana
- ceremonial washing of the bones of the dead DN.i.6; aṭṭhi-dhovana Bdhgh at DN-a.i.84; AN.v.216 (see Commentary at 364).
- Surgical washing of a wound Ja.ii.117.
- In vaṃsadhopana apparently a feat by acrobats Ja.iv.390. It is possible that the passage at DN.i.6 really belongs here See the note at Dial. i.9.
a variant of dhovana, q.v.