erringly); first member hyper-Skt. for Pali akkhaṇa
(-vedhin; see akṣaṇa-vedhin), which really derives from
Skt. ākhaṇa, target, see BR 5 App. s.v., and Coomaraswamy,
Ars Islamica X (1943). 109, n. 9. Cf. śabda-vedha, vāla-
vedhin. The mss. in Divy read akṣuṇa-, or akṣūṇa-; ed.
always akṣuṇṇa-: (read) akṣaṇavedhe Divy 58.27; 100.12;
442.8, in lists of martial arts; °vedhaḥ Mvy 4994 (text
akṣuṇṇa°, v.l. akṣuṇa°; Mironov 217.22 akṣūṇa° by em.).