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अल्पशयु (alpazayu)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
अल्पशयु - alpazayu -
m.
- species of troublesome insect
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अ॑ल्प—शयु (अ॑ल्प-),
m.
a species of troublesome insect,
AV.
iv, 36, 9.
Vedic Reference
English
Alpa-śayu is a kind of insect mentioned in the Atharvaveda.^1
1) iv. 36, 9.
Cf. Bloomfield, Hymns of the Athar-
vaveda, 408
Whitney, Translation of
the Atharvaveda, 210.