akṣaṇa-vedha (58)

akṣaṇa-vedha
Entry 58, Page 3, Col. 1

<k1>akzaRaveDa<k2>akzaRa-veDa
akṣaṇa-vedha¦, the art of piercing the target (un- erringly); 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.).

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