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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)
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p. 95, col. 3 .
álpa—śayu (
álpa- ), m. a species of troublesome insect,
AV. iv, 36, 9.
Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch
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vol. 5,
p. 1055 .
álpaśayu (
a° + śayu ) m.
ein best. lästiges Insect oder dergl.
AV. 4, 36, 9.
Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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vol. 1,
p. 119, col. 2 .
álpaśayu m. ein best. lästiges Insect.
The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
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vol. 1,
p. 39 .
Alpa-śayu is a kind of insect mentioned in the Atharvaveda.
1 [Footnote] 1) iv. 36, 9.
Cf. Bloomfield,
Hymns of the Athar-
vaveda, 408; Whitney, Translation of
the Atharvaveda, 210.