the hollow of the hand (in posture of veneration), in pāṇi˚; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.192 i.e. Cūḷavaṃsa (ed. Geiger) p. 15.

cp. saṃ + puṭa (lexicogr. Sk. sampuṭa “round box”) & BSk. sampuṭa in meaning “añjali” at Divy.380, in phrase kṛta-kara-sampuṭah