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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 3, col. 1.
    akṣaṇa-vedha , the art of piercing the target (un-

    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.).