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viṣāṇa

n. (for 2. See under vi-√ ṣo, fr. which 1. may perhaps also come; in older language also f(A). and accord. to g. ardhar-cādi, also m.; ifc. ā or ī) a horn, the horn of any animal, [AV.] &c. &c. (cf. kharī-, śaśa-v°)

a horn (wind-instrument), [BhP.]

the tusk (of an elephant or of a boar or of Gaṇeśa), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

the claws (of a crab), [Pañcat.]

a peak, top, point, summit, [ṢaḍvBr.]; [VarBṛS.]

the horn-like tuft on Śiva's head, [MBh.]

the tip of the breast, nipple, [BhP.]

the chief or best of a class or kind (cf. -bhūta; dhī-v° = ‘acuteness of intellect, sagacity’), [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]

a sword or knife, [R.] (v.l. kṛpāṇa)

vi-ṣā́ṇa n. (for 1. See p. 997, col. 3) discharging (a fluid), [RV. v, 44, 11.]