bāṇa बाण bāṇá m. or vāṇá ([RV.]), bā́ṇa ([AV.]; later more usually vāṇa, q.v.) a reed-shaft, shaft made of a reed, an arrow, [RV.] &c. &c. N. of the number five (from the 5 arrows of Kāma-deva; cf. pañca-b°), [Sūryas.]; [Sāh.] the versed sine of an arc, [Gaṇit.] a mark for arrows, aim, [BhP.] a partic. part of an arrow, [L.] Saccharum Sara or a similar species of reed, [Bhpr.] the udder of a cow (vāṇá, [RV. iv, 24, 9]), [L.] music (for vāṇá), [AV. x, 2, 17] = kevala, N. of an Asura (a, son of Bali, an enemy of Viṣṇu and favourite of Śiva), [MBh.]; [Pur.] of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh.] of a king, [Hariv.] (also -bhaṭṭa) of a poet (the author of the Kādambarī, of the Harṣa-carita, and perhaps of the Ratnāvalī), [Cat.] of a man of low origin, [Rājat.] bāṇá m. ([Śiś.]) or (ā) f. ([L.]) a blue-flowering Barleria bāṇá n. the flower of Barleria, [Kir.]; [Śiś.] the body, [PraśnUp.] bāṇadhi बाणधि bāṇa—dhi m. ‘arrow-receptacle’, a quiver, [MBh.] bāṇatā बाणता bāṇa—tā f. the being an arrow, [Kum.] bāṇahan बाणहन् bāṇa—han m. ‘slayer of B°’, name of Viṣṇu, [L.] bāṇajit बाणजित् bāṇa—jit m. ‘conqueror of the Asura Bāṇa’, N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] bāṇapur बाणपुर् bāṇa—pur, f. or bāṇa—pura, n. the capital of the Asura Bāṇa, [L.] bāṇavat बाणवत् bā́ṇa—vat (bā́ṇa-), mfn. ‘made of or containing reed’, an arrow, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.] a quiver, [VS.]; [ŚBr.] bāṇamaya बाणमय bāṇa—maya mf(I)n. consisting of arrows, arrowy, [MBh.] bāṇamukha बाणमुख bā́ṇa—mukha (bā́ṇa-), mfn. having arrow in the mouth, [Suparṇ.] bāṇanāśā बाणनाशा bāṇa—nāśā f. N. of a river, [Cat.] bāṇapāṇi बाणपाणि bāṇa—pāṇi mfn. ‘arrow-handed’, armed with arrows, [W.] bāṇapāta बाणपात bāṇa—pāta m. ‘arrow-fall’, the range of an arrow bāṇapatha बाणपथ bāṇa—patha m. arrow-path, a bow-shot bāṇapura बाणपुर bāṇa—pur, f. or bāṇa—pura, n. the capital of the Asura Bāṇa, [L.] bāṇarekhā बाणरेखा bāṇa—rekhā f. ‘arrow-line’, a long wound made by an arrow, [R.] bāṇasutā बाणसुता bāṇa—sutā f. ‘daughter of Bāṇa’, N. of Uṣa (the wife of Aniruddha), [L.] bāṇatūṇa बाणतूण bāṇa—tūṇa m. ‘arrow-quiver’, a quiver bāṇavāra बाणवार bāṇa—vāra m. a multitude of arrow, [L.] bāṇa—vāra n. a breastplate, armour, [ib.] bāṇabhaṭṭa बाणभट्ट bāṇa—bhaṭṭa m. N. of the author Bāṇa, [Cat.] bāṇagaṅgā बाणगङ्गा bāṇa—gaṅgā f. ‘arrow Ganges’, N. of a river flowing past Someśa (and said to have been produced by Rāvaṇa by cleaving a mountain with an arrow), [VarP.] bāṇaliṅga बाणलिङ्ग bāṇa—liṅga n. a white stone found in the Narmadā river and worshipped as the Liṅga of Śiva, [RTL. 69.] bāṇamukti बाणमुक्ति bāṇa—mukti, f. or bāṇa—mokṣaṇa, n. discharge of an arrow, [L.] bāṇaparṇi बाणपर्णि bāṇa—parṇi f. N. of a plant, [Kauś.] bāṇapuṅkhā बाणपुङ्खा bāṇa—puṅkhā f. the feathered end of an arrow, [MW.] N. of a plant resembling the Indigo plant, [L.] bāṇasiddhi बाणसिद्धि bāṇa—siddhi f. the hitting of a mark by an arrow, [Kām.] bāṇavṛṣṭi बाणवृष्टि bāṇa—vṛṣṭi f. a shower of arrows or darts, [MW.] bāṇagocara बाणगोचर bāṇa—gocara m. the range of an arrow, [MBh.]; [Mālatīm.] bāṇanikṛta बाणनिकृत bāṇa—nikṛta mfn. pierced or wounded by an arrow, [W.] bāṇavarṣin बाणवर्षिन् bāṇa—varṣin mfn. showering arrows, [Ragh.] bāṇayojana बाणयोजन bāṇa—yojana n. ‘arrow-union’, a quiver, [Pañcat.] bāṇamokṣaṇa बाणमोक्षण bāṇa—mukti, f. or bāṇa—mokṣaṇa, n. discharge of an arrow, [L.] bāṇasaṃdhāna बाणसंधान bāṇa—saṃdhāna n. the fitting of an arrow to the bow-string, [Śak.] bāṇavarṣaṇa बाणवर्षण bāṇa—varṣaṇa n. bāṇapathātīta बाणपथातीत bāṇa—pa°thātīta mfn. passed beyond the range of an arrow, [Vikr.] bāṇatūṇīkṛta बाणतूणीकृत bāṇa—tū°ṇī-kṛta mfn. made into a quiver, [Kathās.] bāṇapañcānana बाणपञ्चानन bāṇa—pañcānana m. N. of a poet, [Cat.] bāṇapātavartin बाणपातवर्तिन् bāṇa—pāta—vartin mfn. being within the range of an arrow, [Śak.] (v.l. -patha-v°). bāṇapathavartin बाणपथवर्तिन् bāṇa—patha—vartin mfn. v.l. for -pāta-v° below