śataghnī (14799)

śataghnī
Entry 14799, Page 522, Col. 2

(SataGnI, SataGnI)
śataghnī¦, assumed by Senart to mean scorpion (so Wilson and Apte, no ref. in the latter): (yehi…) prāṇa- kānāṃ śīṣāṇi piccitāni bhavanti, ahīnāṃ vṛścikānāṃ śataghnīnāṃ (Senart em.; mss. śatadānāṃ) Mv i.24.4 (prose); (na teṣu, v.l. teṣa, śatrū, v.l. śatrur, janayati, Senart em. °yanti, krodhaṃ) maṇiviṣāṇāṃ yathā śataghnīyo (Senart em.; mss. śatrusaṃghāḥ) i.276.19 (vs, metr. con- fused). Uncertain but not implausible.

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