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पाणिघ्न (pANighna)

 
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English
पाणि—घ्न॑
m.
one who clasps the h°,
VS.
Vedic Reference
English
Pāṇi-ghna, ‘hand-clapper, is enumerated among the list of
victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajur-
veda.^1 Presumably a man who drives away birds from the
fields by making a noise is intended.
1) Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxx. 20
Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 4, 15, 1.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
पाणिघ्न
त्रि०
पाणो हन्ति हन--टक् वेदे शिल्पिनि नि० हस्ततालवादके यजु० ३५ २०