āyasá mf(I)n. (fr. ayas), of iron, made of iron or metal, metallic, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.]; [Yājñ.] &c.
iron-coloured, [MBh. v, 1709]
armed with an iron weapon, [L.]
āyasá (am), n. iron
anything made of iron, [Ragh.]; [Kum.] &c.
a wind-instrument, [KātyŚr. xxi, 3, 7.]