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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विषाणviṣāṇaणम् [ṇam] णी [ṇī], णम् णी [विष्-बा˚ कानच्]
1. णम् ṇam णी ṇī, णम् णी विष्-बाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied कानच्
2. A horn; साहित्यसंगीतकलाविहीनः साक्षात् पशुः पृच्छविषाणहीनः Bh.2.12; कदाचिदपि पर्यटञ् शशविषाणमासादयेत् 2.5.
3. The tusk of an elephant or boar; केचिद्भिन्ना विषाणाग्रैः Mb.6.94.35; तप्तानामुपदधिरे विषाणभिन्नाः प्रह्लादं सुरकरिणां घनाः क्षरन्तः Ki.7. 13; Śi.1.6; Bhāg.1.43.15.
4. A horn (wind instrument).
5. The claws (of a crab).
6. A peak, top.
7. The nipple, (tip of the breast).
8. The chief or best of the kind.
9. A sword or kinfe.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

विषाणviṣāṇa[vishấna] n. horn; tusk (of an ele phant, a boar, or of Ganesa; rare); claws (of a crab; rare): -vat, a.…

[vishấna] neuter horn; tusk (of an ele phant, a boar, or of Ganesa; rare); claws (of a crab; rare): -vat, adjective (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) horned; hav ing tusks; masculine (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) boar.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विषाणviṣāṇan. (for 2. see under वि-√षो, fr. which 1. may perhaps also come; in older language also f(आ). and accord. to…
1. neuter gender (for 2. see under वि-√षो, from which 1. may perhaps also come; in older language also f(आ). and according to to gaRa अर्धर्-चा*दि, also masculine gender; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' आ or ई) a horn, the horn of any animal AV. etc. (confer, compare खरी-, शश-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
2. neuter gender a horn (wind-instrument) BhP.
3. neuter gender the tusk (of an elephant or of a boar or of Gan2e7s3a गणे*श) MBh. Hariv. etc.
4. neuter gender the claws (of a crab) Pan5cat.
5. neuter gender a peak, top, point, summit Shad2vBr. VarBr2S.
6. neuter gender the horn-like tuft on S3iva शिव 's head MBh.
7. neuter gender the tip of the breast, nipple BhP.
8. neuter gender the chief or best of a class or kind (confer, compare -भूत; धी-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Equivalent to "acuteness of intellect, sagacity") MBh. VarBr2S.
9. neuter gender a sword or knife R. (varia lectio कृपाण)
10. neuter gender (for 1. see page and participle 997, column 3) discharging (a fluid) fg-veda v, 44, 11.
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अविद्विषाणavidviṣāṇamfn. not inimical Ka1tyS3r.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not inimical Ka1tyS3r.

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अविषाणaviṣāṇamfn. not having horns S3Br. v

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not having horns S3Br. v

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कुलीरविषाणिकाkulīraviṣāṇikāf. a kind of oak-apple Bhpr.

feminine a kind of oak-apple Bhpr.

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कृष्णविषाणkṛṣṇaviṣāṇan. the horns of a black antelope (whose inner sides are covered with dark hair) La1t2y. ix, 1, 23

neuter gender the horns of a black antelope (whose inner sides are covered with dark hair) La1t2y. ix, 1, 23

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कृष्णविषाणाkṛṣṇaviṣāṇāf. id. TS. vi S3Br. iii, iv, v Ka1tyS3r.

feminine the same TS. vi S3Br. iii, iv, v Ka1tyS3r.

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क्षीरविषाणिकाkṣīraviṣāṇikāf. = -शृङ्गी L.
1. feminine Equivalent to -शृङ्गी Lexicographers
2. feminine Equivalent to -काकोली Lexicographers
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खड्गविषाणkhaḍgaviṣāṇam. a rhinoceros, Divya7v.

masculine gender a rhinoceros, Divya7v.

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