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विषाणा (viSANA)

 
Macdonell
English
विषाणा viṣā́ṇā,
f.
horn (V.).
Vedic Reference
English
Viṣāṇā in the Atharvaveda^1 and later^2 denotes an animal's
‘horn.’
1) iii. 7, 1. 2
vi. 121, 1
Aitareya
Brāhmaṇa, ii. 11, 10
Śatapatha Brāh-
maṇa, vii. 3, 2, 17. Primarily a deciduous
horn is meant. See Whitney, Transla-
tion of the Atharvaveda, 94.