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    abhiṣavaṇī

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 68, col. 2.
    Abhi-ṣavaṇī, f. an apparatus for pressing the Soma.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 140, col. 1.
    abhiṣavaṇī A mechanical contrivance to press out the Soma juice.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 186.
    abhiṣavaṇī A mechanical contrivance to press out the Soma juice.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 350.
    abhiṣávaṇī (wie eben) f. Pressgeräthe, Kelter, pl. AV. 9, 6, 1, 16.

    — Vgl. adhiṣavaṇa .

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 28.
    Abhi-ṣavaṇī. — Zimmer1 renders the expression in the

    Atharvaveda2 as a pressing instrument, but it appears to be

    merely an adjective, (waters) ‘used in pressing.’3 [Footnote] 1) Altindisches Leben, 277. [Footnote] 2) ix. 6, 16. [Footnote] 3) Cf. Whitney's Translation of Av.

    ix. 6, 16.