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अक्षणवेध (akSaNavedha)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
akṣaṇa-vedha, the art of piercing the target (unerringly)
first member hyper-Skt. for Pali akkhaṇa (-vedhin
see akṣaṇa-vedhin), which really derives from Skt. ākhaṇa, target, see BR 〔5 App.〕 s.v., and Coomaraswamy, Ars Islamica X (1943). 〔109, n. 9〕. Cf. śabda-vedha, vāla-vedhin. The mss. in Divy read akṣuṇa-, or akṣūṇa-
ed. always akṣuṇṇa-: (read) akṣaṇavedhe Divy 〔58.27〕
〔100.12〕
〔442.8〕, in lists of martial arts
°vedhaḥ Mvy 〔4994〕 (text akṣuṇṇa°, v.l. akṣuṇa°
Mironov 〔217.22〕 akṣūṇa° by em.).