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    See also ajakavaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 12.
    ajakava m. (-vaḥ) The bow of ŚIVA. See ajakāva ajagava, &c.

    E. aja VIṢṆU, and ka BRAHMĀ, with ba aff. BRAHMĀ being placed in the centre, and VIṢṆU on the upper part.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 11, col. 1.
    ajakava (vaḥ) 1. m. The bow of
    Shiva.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 24, col. 1.
    ajakava m. (-vaḥ) The bow of Śiva. E. unknown; the follow-

    ing is evidently artificial: aja Viṣṇu, and ka Brahmā,

    taddh. aff. va, Brahmā being placed in the centre, and

    Viṣṇu on the upper part. See also ajakāva-ajagava-aja-

    gāva-ajīkava-ājagava.

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

    p. 9, col. 3.
    ajakava ajakava, as, m. (etymology un-

    known), Śiva's bow. —Ajakāva, as, am, m. n. Śiva's

    bow; (as), m. a venomous kind of vermin, cen-

    tipede or scorpion; (am), n. sacrificial vessel dedicated

    to Mitra and Varuṇa. —Ajagava or ajagāva, am,

    n. Śiva's bow; the southern portion of the path of

    the sun, moon, and planets; N. of a snake priest.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 9, col. 3.
    ajakava m. Śiva's bow, L.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 10, col. 2.
    ajakava

    m. (vaḥ) The bow of SIVA, See ajakāva ajagava &c.

    E. aja VISHṆU,
    and ka BRAHMĀ

    with va aff. BRAHMĀ being placed in the centre,
    and VISHṆU on the upper part.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 11, col. 1.
    ajakava ajakava et ajakāva ajakāva (ku ou kav) Vd. le poison du serpent tsaru, maladie.

    L'arc de Śiva.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 15, col. 1.
    *ajakava n. = ajakāva 3) GAL.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 11, col. 2.
    *ajakava n. Bogen °des Liebesgottes, S I, 36, 2. *

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 88, col. 1.
    ajakava astrī0 ajo viṣṇuḥ ko brahmā tau vāti
    tripurāsurabadhadvārānena vā + karaṇe ka 6 ta0 . śiva-
    dhanuṣi . śivo hi anenaiva dhanuṣā tripurāsurasya vadhena
    viṣṇuṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca prīṇitavān iti tasya dhanuṣo'jakavatvam
    ajakau avatīti . ajakāvamapyatra . dhanuṣyajagavaṃ
    yugyamajakāvamajīkavamiti śabdārṇavaḥ . ajakaṃ chāgaṃ vāti
    prīṇāti vāka . (vāvui iti) khyāte varvarīvṛkṣe pu0 .
    tadbhakṣaṇe tasya prītyādhikyāttathātvam .

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    vol. 1, p. 12.
    Ajakava. — This name of a poisonous scorpion occurs once

    in the Rigveda.1 [Footnote] 1) vii. 50, 1. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 99.