a. [avanato mūrddhā'sya] With one's head hanging down. Comp. śaya a. [avamūrddhā san śete; śī- ac] lying with the head hang- ing down. ( yaḥ) one who sleeps with his head hanging down, such as man (opp. deva); uttānaśayā devā ava- mūrdhaśayā manuṣyāḥ.