अशन्

{ aśan }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अशन्  m.  m. (connected with √ अश्) ([only अ॑श्ना ( instr.) and अ॑श्नस्, perhaps better derived from अ॑श्मन् q.v., cf. Whitney's Gr. 425 e]), stone, rock, [RV. x, 68, 8]
a stone for slinging, missile stone, [RV. ii, 30, 4 and iv, 28, 5]
अश्नस्  m. ( [NBD.]) the firmament, [RV. i, 164, i; 173, 2; x, 27, 15] [in the first two of these three passages the form has before been taken as nom. sg. m. fr. 1. अश्न q.v.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अशन् [aśan]  m. m. Ved. A stone for slinging; a stone or cloud. अश्नापिनद्धं मधु पर्यपश्यन् [Rv.1.68.8;] दश प्राक् सानु वि तिरन्त्यश्नः [Rv.1.27.15.]