शतघ्नी

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A cylindrical stone or piece of wood studded with iron spikes; a sort of Chevaux de frise. It is also described as a piece of fire-arms or the ancient Indian rocket.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शत—घ्नी  f.  a f. ( cf. -हन्, p.1050) a partic. deadly weapon (used as a missile, supposed by some to be a sort of fire-arms or rocket, but described by the Comm. on the महाभारत as a stone or cylindrical piece of wood studded with iron spikes), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.

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शत घ्नी

   a deadly disease of the throat, [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.]
    Tragia Involucrata, [L.]
    Pongamia Glabra, [L.]
   a female scorpion, [W.]
    N. of शिव (m.), [MW.]
शत—घ्नी  f.  b f. See p.1049.

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शत घ्नी

Shabda-Sagara

शतघ्नी  f.  ( -घ्नी)
   1. A weapon; it is generally supposed to be a sort of fire-arms, or the ancient Indian rocket, but it is also described as a stone set round with iron spikes.
   2. A female scorpion.
   3. A plant, (Galedupa arborea.)
   4. A disease of the throat, apparently enlarge- ment of the tonsils.
    E. शत a hundred, हन् to kill, affs. अण् and ङीष् and the radical letters changed.

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शत हन् अण् ङीष्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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