asi

asi m. (-siḥ) A sword, a scymitar.

E. asa to cast, and in Uṇādi aff.

asi (siḥ) 2. m. A sword.

asi asi, m. A sword, Rām. 3,

50, 2. — Cf. Lat. ensis, cf. akṣan

= akṣi, and = pīvan.

asi asi, is, m. (fr. rt. 2. as), a sword, a

cimeter, a knife used for killing animals. —Asi-gaṇḍa,

as, m. a small pillow for the cheek. —Asi-daṃṣ-

ṭra or asi-daṃṣṭraka, as, m. the marine monster

Makara, painted on the banner of Kāmadeva.

—Asi-danta, as, m. a crocodile. —Asi-dhārā, f.

the edge of a sword. —Asidhārā-vrata, am, n. a

vow of standing on the edge of a sword, used figura-

tively for any hopelessly difficult task. —Asi-dhāva

or asi-dhāvaka, as, m. an armourer, a furbisher, a

sword or tool cleaner. —Asi-dhenu, us, or asi-dhe-

nukā, f. a knife. —Asi-pattra, as, am, m. n. the

blade of a sword; a sheath, a scabbard; (as, ā, am),

whose leaves are swords, having sword-shaped leaves;

(as), m. the sugar-cane, Scirpus Kysoor Roxb.; a

kind of tree which grows in the lower world; a hell

paved with swords. —Asi-pattraka, as, m. sugar-

cane. —Asipattra-vana, am, n. a hell where the

trees have leaves as sharp as swords. —Asi-patha,

am, n., Ved. the course of a sacrificial knife (?).

—Asi-pucchaka, as, m. the Gaṅgetic porpoise, Del-

phinus Gangeticus. —Asi-putrikā or asi-putrī, f. a

knife, lit. daughter of a sword. —Asi-mat, ān, atī,

at, Ved. furnished with knives or daggers. —Asi-

meda, as, m. the fetid Mimosa Vachellia Farnesiana

W. and A. —Asi-loman, ā, m., N. of a Dānava.

—Asi-hatya, am, n. fighting with knives or swords.

—Asi-heti, is, m. a swordsman or soldier armed

with a sword. —Asy-asi, ind. sword to sword, sword

against sword.

así m. sword, knife; p. asimánt.

asi as-í, m. sword.

así m. (√ 2. as), a sword, scimitar, knife (used for killing animals), RV.; AV. &c.

(also) a shark, alligator, L.

asi (is), f. N. of a river (near Benares), VāmP. (cf. asī);

asi [Lat. ensi-s.]

asi

m. (-siḥ) A sword, a scymitar.

E. asa to cast, and in Unādi aff.

asi asi m. (as 4) épée, glaive.

Lat. ensis.

asi- m. épée.

°caryā- f. pratique de l'épée, escrime.

°dhārā- f. lame d'épée; °dhārā-vrata- nt. tâche extrêmement. difficile, v. āsidhāra-.

°dhenu- f. canif; -kā- °putrikā- id.

°pattra- nt. lame de l'épée; °pattra-vana- n. d'un enfer; °pattra-vṛkṣa- m. arbre de l'enfer.

°pāṇi- a. qui a l'épée en mains.

°mārga- m. pl. méthodes de l'escrime.

°latā- f. lame d'épée.

así (von 2. as) Uṇ. 4, 141. f. (!) SIDDH. K.247,b, penult.

1) m. ensis, Schlachtmesser, Schwert AK. 2, 8, 2, 57. H. 782. an. 2, 574. mā tê gṛ̀dhnurâviśàstātìhāyâ cchìdrā gātrā̂ṇyàsinā̀ mithū̂ kaḥ ṚV. 1, 162, 20. 10, 86, 18. vi pârvàśaścâkartà gāmîvā̀siḥ 79, 6. AV. 9, 5, 4. svā̀yàsā àsayâḥ santi no gṛ̀he 10, 1, 20. 11, 9, 1. AIT. BR. 7, 16. ŚAT. BR. 3, 8, 1, 4. 12. 3, 24. KĀTY. ŚR. 1, 3, 39. 6, 4, 13. asipathá Bahn des Schlachtmessers ŚAT. BR. 13, 2, 10, 1. KĀTY. ŚR. 20, 7, 1. (yudhyet) asicarmāyudhaiḥ sthale M. 7, 192. asī cārinibarhaṇau R. 3, 12, 19. vāṇadhanuṣpāṇirbaddhāsiḥ 71, 2. tīkṣṇāsipaṭṭiśadharaiḥ - nirdagdhaṃ tadbalaṃ sarvam VIŚV. 4, 22. INDR. 1, 4. vidhṛtāsiḥ RAGH. 12, 40. asilatā PRAB. 3, 9. asyasi adv. Schwert gegen Schwert VOP. 6, 33.

— 2) N. pr. eines Flusses H. an. 2, 574. asī (bei Benares) VP. 184.

asi

2) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 46,a,31. °saṃbhede 70,b,11. vasāṃ ca varuṇāmasīm MBH. 6, 338. st. dessen vasāmanyāṃ varāṇasīm ed. Bomb.

así, m., das Schwerdt (lat. ensis), als das geschwungene [von 2. as].

-ís {905,6}; {915,8}.

-ím {912,18}.

-ínā {162,20}.

1. así m. Schlachtmesser , Schwert 136,20. 139,17.

2. asi und asī f. N.pr. eines Flusses bei Benares.

3. ási 2. Sg. Praes. von 1. as.

así m. Schwert.

asi m. (ut videtur, a r. as cl. 1. s. i) ensis, gladius (lat.

ensis insertâ nasali).

asi;
nistriṃśaḥ karabālaḥ khaḍgaḥ kaukṣeyakaḥ kṛpāṇaḥ syāt .
riṣṭirasicandrahāsau taravārirmaṇḍalāgraṃ ca .. 472 ..
2.1.1.472

asi avya0 asa—dīptau in vibhakti pratirūpakam . tvami-
tyarthe “kṛtavānasi vipriyaṃ na me” kumā0 “dhanyāsi vaidarbhi!
guṇairudāraiḥ” naiṣa0 . “śūro'si kṛtavidyo'si darśanīyo-
'si putraka! iti nītiḥ .

asi puṃstrī0 asyati sevanena pāpāni in vā ṅīp . vāraṇasī
dakṣiṇasthe 1 nadībhede vārāṇasīśabde vivṛtiḥ . asyate kṣipyate
asa—in . 2 khaḍe pu0 “asirviśasanaḥ khaḍgastīkṣṇadhāro
durāsadaḥ . śrīgarbho vijayaścaiva dharmapālo namo'stu te .
ityaṣṭau tava nāmāni svayamuktāni vedhasā” . khaḍgapūjā-
mantraḥ, “sarvvāḥ śyāmāḥ asikarā muṇḍamālā vibhūṣitāḥ”
śyāmākavacam khaḍgalakṣaṇantu vṛha0 uktam “aṅgulaśatārdha-
muttama ūnaḥ syātpañcaviṃśatiḥ khaḍgaḥ . aṅgula-
mānājjñeyo vraṇo'śubho viṣamaparvasthaḥ .. śrīvṛkṣavardha-
mānātapatraśivaliṅgakuṇḍalābjānām . sadṛśā vraṇāḥ
praśastā dhvajāyudhasvastikānāṃ ca .. kṛkalāsakākakaṅka-
kravyādakabandhavṛścikākṛtayaḥ . khaḍge vraṇā na śubhadā
vaṃśānugāḥ prabhūtāśca .. sphuṭito hrasvaḥ kuṇṭho vaṃśacchinno
na dṛṅmano'nugataḥ . asvana iti cāniṣṭaḥ proktavipa-
ryyasta iṣṭaphalaḥ .. kvaṇitaṃ maraṇāyoktaṃ parājayāya
pravarttanaṃ kośāt . khayamudgīrṇe yuddhaṃ jvalite vijayo bhavati
khaḍge .. nākāraṇaṃ vivṛṇuyānna vighaṭṭayecca paśyenna tatra
vadanam na vadecca mūlyam . deśaṃ na cāsya kathayet prati-
mānayecca naiva spṛśennṛpatiraprayato'siyaṣṭim .. gojihvā
saṃsthāno nīlotpalavaṃśapatrasadṛśaśca . karavīrapatraśūlāgra-
maṇḍalāgrāḥ praśastāḥ syuḥ .. niṣpanno na cchedyo nikaṣaiḥ
kāryyaḥ pramāṇayuktaḥ saḥ . mūle mriyate svāmī jananī
tasyāgrataśchinne .. yasmin tsarupradeśe vraṇo bhavettadvadeva
khaḍgasya . vanitānāmiva tilako guhye vācyo mukhe
dṛṣṭvā .. atha vā spṛśati yadaṅgaṃ praṣṭā nistriṃśabhṛttadava-
dhārya . kośasthasyādeśyo vraṇo 'sti śāstraṃ viditvedam .
śirasi spṛṣṭe prathame 'ṅgule dvitīye lalāṭasaṃsparśe .
bhrūmadhye ca tṛtīye netre spṛṣṭe caturthe ca .. nāsoṣṭhakapola-
hanuśravaṇagrīvāṃsakeṣu pañcādyāḥ . urasi dvādaśasaṃsthastrayo-
daśe kakṣayorjñeyaḥ .. stanahṛdayodarakukṣinābhīṣu caturdaśā-
dayo jñeyāḥ . nābhīmūle kaṭyāṃ guhye caikonaviṃśatitaḥ ..
ūrvordvāviṃśe syād ūrvormadhye vraṇastrayoviṃśe . jānuni
ca caturviṃśe jaṅghāyāṃ pañcaviṃśe ca .. jaṅghāmadhye gulphe
pārṣṇyāṃ pāde tadaṅgulīṣvapi ca . ṣaddhiṃśatikādyāva-
ttriṃśaditi matena gargasya .. putramaraṇaṃ dhanāptirdhanahāniḥ
sampadaśca bandhaśca . ekādyaṅgulasaṃsthairvraṇaiḥ phalaṃ nirdiśet-
kramaśaḥ .. sutalābhaḥ kalaho hastilabdhayaḥ putramaraṇadhana-
lābhau . kramaśo vināśavanitāpticittaduḥkhāni ṣaṭ-
prabhṛti .. labdhirhānistrīlabdhayo badho vṛddhimaraṇapari-
toṣāḥ . jñeyāścaturdaśādiṣu dhanahāniścaikaviṃśe syāt ..
vittāptiranirvāṇaṃ dhanāgamo mṛtyusampado'svatvam . aiśvaryya-
mṛtyurājyāni ca kramāttriṃśaditi yāvat .. parato na
viśeṣaphalaṃ viṣamasamasthāstu pāpaśubhaphaladāḥ . kaiścidaphalāḥ
pradiṣṭāstriṃśatparato'gramiti yāvat .. karavīrotpala-
gajamadaghṛtakuṅkumakundacampakasagandhaḥ . śubhado'niṣṭo gomūtra-
paṅkamedaḥsadṛśagandhaḥ .. kūrmavasāsṛkkṣāropamaśca bhayaduḥkhado
bhavati gandhaḥ . vaidūryakanakavidyutprabho jayārogyavṛddhikaraḥ ..
idamauśanasaṃ ca śastrapānaṃ rudhireṇa śriyamicchataḥ pradī-
ptām . haviṣā guṇavatsutābhilipsoḥ salilenākṣaya-
micchataśca vittam .. baḍavoṣṭrakareṇudugdhapānaṃ yadi pāpena
samīhate 'rthasiddhim . jhaṣapittamṛgāśvavastadugdhaiḥ kari-
hastacchidaye satālagarbhaiḥ .. ārkaṃ payo huḍuviṣāṇamasī-
sametaṃ pārāvatākhuśakṛtā ca yutaṃ pralepaḥ . śastrasya taila-
mathitasya tato'sya pānaṃ paścācchitasya na śilāsu mave-
dvighātaḥ .. kṣāre kadalyā mathitena yukte dinoṣite
pāyitamāyasaṃ yat . samyak śitaṃ cāśmani naiti bhaṅgaṃ
na cānyaloheṣvapi tasya kauṇṭhyam” vṛ0 sa0 . hemā0 pari0
kha0 tu tajjātyādibhedāt phalabhedādikaṃ darśitaṃ yathā
“vatsa! purā bhūtapūrvairācāryairupadiṣṭañcaiva yanmayāśrutaṃ tadu-
padiśāmi nibodha khaḍgasya lohaṃ ṣaddhighaṃ bhavati . yonayaḥ
pañcavidhāḥ saṃsthānaṃ caturvidhaṃ karaṇamā, kṛtirdvidhā dvādaśa
musvāni gauravaṃ pañcadaśadhā vistārastrividhaḥ varṇṇachāyāvraṇapuṅkha
gandhasvareṇa vā yatra viśeṣā bhavanti tatkīrttyamānaṃ nibodha
tīkṣṇaṃ mṛdu snigdhaṃ kharaṃ mṛdutīkṣṇaṃ vajraṃ ceti jātayaḥ
ṣaṭbhavanti vālukā mṛtpāṣāṇaḥ paṅkodhātusrāvaśceti yonayaḥ
pañcadhā bhavanti . pītebhyasrīkṣṇaṃ bhavati . nīlebhyomṛdu
bhavati . snigdhebhyaḥsnigdhaṃ kharebhyaḥ kharaṃ bhavati . raktebhyo-
dravyebhyomṛdutīkṣṇaṃ bhavati . raktasaindhavasannibhairharidbhiḥ
ścitraṃ yadantaḥ utpadyate lauhaṃ tadvajrāyudhannāma bhavati . tacca
pāṣāṇa eva pūjita iti . bhavanti cātraślokāḥ . tāpaṃ
cirādeva vicūrṇṇitañca bhinnāñjanābhaṃ bahusūkṣmahīram pītaṃ
bhavet nirmmalarukmavarṇaṃ sarvāṇi lohāni bhinatti tīkṣṇam .
sannamyate tāpamupaiti cāśu śvetaṃ bhavatyeva malāvanaddham . yat-
sthūlahīrantrapuvaṅgavarṇṇaṃ sarveṣu kāryyeṣvapi tanmṛdu syāt . śvetaṃ
bhavatyabhyadhikaṃ sthirañca saṃghaṭṭanāmeti cirācca tāpam . saṃghā-
talohena cirādviyogaṃ snigdhañca lohaṃ pravadanti tṛjjñāḥ .
kharaṃ viśīryyeta na caiti yogam sarvatra yogyaṃ mṛdutīkṣṇa-
māhuḥ . yajrātarūpaṃ na ca dahyate'gnau tadvajralohaṃ prasamīkṣya
vācyam . tīkṣṇasya mṛdunaḥ kharasya snigdhasya mṛdutīkṣṇasya
vajralohasyaca vijñeyaṃ kuṭṭimaṅkośagarbhamekakośagarbhaṃ kuṭṭi-
makośagarbham . sutīkṣṇaṃ karaṇapravaraṃ bhavati . mṛdutīkṣṇaṃ ma-
dhyamagarbhaṃ kuṭṭimañca kārayen mṛdutīkṣṇakuṭṭimaṃ kośabharbhamekagarbhā-
layaṃ veti tathā tīkṣṇaṃ mandaṃ veti vividhamāyasaṃ bhavati .
tīkṣṇasya kulāni upakulāni punaḥ sṛṣṭāni vītarkapu-
ṣkalālāvetakaṃ yāvaṅkāśikamaṅkollaṃ mayūraṃ hamālaṃ vīraṃkāṃ
varaṃ puṣkarākaṃ puṣkarāṅkakroḍinaṃ varvaraṃraudraṃ śālikaṃ kiskindhaṃ
visphuliṅgaṃvāhlīkaṃ surāṣṭrāyasaṃ veti tīkṣṇayonayo bhave-
yurekaviṃśatiratha mandāyaso vakṣyante . kāsvojaṃ kāṇḍavāraṃ
hambālaṃ sūryyāraṅkāṣṭhamalayaṃ punnāgaparvataṃ yāvatandraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ
kalipārvatīya siṃhālakaṃ vānavāsīsindhukaṃ mūṣakaṃ nīlāṇḍaṃ
māgadhaṃ devāntaṃ menakaṃ vāhlīkaṃ pāravaṃ krathaṃ śaṭṭākaṃ śāṇḍilaṃ
pālakaṃ nucuratolakaṃ vintapālaṃ nīlāmukhaṃ kūṇīrāṣṭraṃ
mahendrāṣṭraṃ vicartukaṃ veti lohāḥ triṃśadekā bhavanti . kulā-
nāṃ saṃgrahādvividhā līhā tannivodha sapta bhavanti . mārdda-
vasya kharasya tvaṣṭau snehānvitaspa punaḥ ṣaḍgavanti . mṛdu-
tīkṣṇasya daśaivasvurvajrāyasasyaikabheyeti kulānyetāni saṃgrahā-
duktāni tatra kāmbojaṃ kāṇḍavāraṃ haṃnupālaṃ nīlāṇḍaṃ khara-
syaitāni bhavanti . pāvanaṃ vaṭatīkṣṇaṃ kāliṅgaṃ pārva-
tīyaṃ siṃhālaṃ laṅkavālañca ceti snehānvitasyaitāni kulāni
ṣaḍbhavanti . nīlāmukhaṃ kūṇīrāṣṭraṃ mahendrāṣṭraṃ vicarttukaṃ
saurparaṃ kāṣṭamalayaṃ punnāgaparvataṃ sindhukaṃ mūṣikaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaṃ
ceti mṛdutīkṣṇasya daśaitāni kulāni bhavanti . ṣaṣṭantu lohaṃ
vedyantaraguhāsu jāyate tacca vajralohamiti vidyāt . para-
metāni vajrāyasavivarjitāni triṃśadekādhikāni . mṛdu
tīkṣṇaṃ mṛdutīkṣṇaṃ snigdhaṃ kharaṃ ceti . vītakādīnyekaviṃśatiṃ
kṣṇāni vakṣyante yatra dṛḍhatvaṃ balavattvaṃ snigdhatāṃ lāghavaṅgauravaṃ
ca viśeṣāttatra tatra vividhaṃ bhavati hutāśanakarmmaṇi tatra-
chinnapāṭalānibhaṃ bhavati . yatra vacarsyā dṛśyante
truṭite cūrṇṇite vā hutāśane'pi truṭyamānaṃ sakṛdeva grabhajyate
mūle'gre ca sarvadakṣiṇato vaivarṇyaṃ bhajenmatsyakaṇṭakacchāyā-
vā syāt likṣāsīsavibhā vā śvetakṛtanisrāvatorahānyaiva
tat mṛdulohamiti vidyāt . trayāṇāṃ cīnakādīnāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ
vakṣyate ākṛtyā saṃsthānena varṇṇena gandhena śabdena kramaśaḥ syāt
pṛthak vetasavañjulapatrāṇāmākṛtiḥ karavīrapatrāṇāṃ vā bhavati .
ṣaḍaśrairyutaṃ miśrakairaṣṭāśraiścaturaśrervvā vṛttaṃ vipulaṃ vā nāla-
mūlākṛtirveti . saṃsthānataḥparīkṣaṇīyam nirguṇḍīkusu-
mānāmiva yatra varṇo'ñjanālaktakayorvā mayūrakaṇṭhacchaviḥ
śukapicchanibhaḥ . kākakokilasadṛśomakṣikābho veti .
varṇataḥ parīkṣiṇīyaṃ cānuloham . tathā aṅkolasyotpalasya
mūṣikāyāḥ patrasya madhukasya vā gandha iti gandhataḥ paro-
kṣaṇayīm . tathā kāṃsyaghaṇṭāyā valākānāṃ śabdaiva śabdo
visphuliṅgāyāyasyeti śabdataḥ parīkṣaṇīyāvi jñātavyāḥ” .
upakulādi vistarabhayānnoktam “yugmāṅgulāḥ praśastāḥ
ayugmāṅgulā vigarhitāḥ khaḍgāste ke'pi brāhmaṇasya
parigrahā dhamanāsaṃ diśanti kṣatriyasyārthavināśaṃ kulakṣayaṃ
kurvvati vaiśyasya tu sadyobadhamāvahanti śūdrasya na
kadācidapi vṛttikarāḥ syustathā vraṇāḥ chāyāsnigdhavarṇṇāḥ
pūjitāḥ chinnā rūkṣavarṇṇāarūpānujvalāśca bhartturapajayāya
smṛtigarhitāḥ” . trikoṇāḥpañcakoṇāścaturasrāvraṇāḥ
praśastāḥ . anulomāśca pratilomāśca praśastadīrghatāyai kha-
ḍgasya bhavanti . te pratilomāveditavyāḥ khaḍgasyānugatā
anulomā vraṇāpadeśo vakṣyate . pūjitoninditaśca yadi
khaḍgasyādye'ṅgule dṛśyeta tadā putramaraṇam . dvyaṅgule putra-
vṛddhistryaṅgule putradhananāśaścaturthe putramaṅgalyam pañcāṅgule
maraṇaṃnarapaśūnām . ṣaḍaṅgule karmmasiddhiḥ paśrulābhaśca
saptāṅgule kalahena vināśaṃ bharttuḥ karoti . vraṇo'ṣṭāṅgule
mitraprāptiṃ dhanasthitiṃ ca kuryāt . navāṅgule bhrātṛbadhadhānya-
vināśambharttuḥ karīti, daśāṅgule mitrabhṛtyānāṃ lābhaṃ
sampadvidvṛddhiñca, ekādaśāṅgule saṃgrahaṇaṃ mitravirodhañca .
dvādaśāṅgule mitralābhambhogaṃ sukhaṃ ca . trayodaśāṅgule prabhu-
vināśaṃ caturddaśāṅgule priyatāṃ gaurabandhanalābhaṃ ca, pañca-
daśāṅgule śatruvivṛddhim . ṣoḍaśāṅgule śatruvijayaṃ sapta
daśāṅgule bhayam, strīlābham aṣṭādaśāṅgule, śatruvadham
ūnaviṃśe, vṛddhiṃ viṃśāṅgule, maraṇam ekaviṃśatyaṅgule, śatruja-
nitaṃ nāśambhayaṃ ca . dvāviṃśatyaṅgule rāṣṭrapālanaṃ
pararāṣṭravināśaṃ ca trayoviṃśatyaṅgule viṃśativarṣādeva
maraṇam . caturviṃśatyaṅgule bhūṣaṇāgamam . pañcaviṃśatya-
ṅgule, bhāryāvirāmam, ṣaḍviṃśatyaṅgule priyaguṇalābhaṃ,
svabhāryyāvirāgantu sapraviṃśatyaṅgule, vipulaśriyolābhamaṣṭā-
viṃśatyaṅgule, ekonatriṃśatyaṅgule vṛdvabhāve bhrātṛbhi rgrahaṇaṃ,
triṃśadaṅgule vṛddhimajiraṃceti khaḍge vraṇaḥ karoti . tathā
ekatriṃśadaṅgule sabhṛtyastrīvāhanaṃ bharttāraṃ vināśayati .
dvātriṃśadaṅgule parājayamaribhiḥ karoti . trayastriṃśadaṅgule
bharttāraṃ pīḍayati nīcasya ca karmaṇo vaśagaṅkaroti .
catustriṃśadaṅgule dhanyaṃ dānadharmabhājanaṃ ca pañcatriṃśaṃdaṅgule
maraṇaṃ sadyaḥ karoti . ṣaṭtriṃśadaṅgule vijayaṃ bhartturdadāti
saptatriṃśadaṅgule parābhavamaribhiḥ karoti . aṣṭatriṃśadaṅgule
śatrupramardanaṃ karoti navatriṃśadaṅgule kujanaireva parikleśaṃ
nayati . catvāriṃśadaṅgule kanyālābhamarijayaṃ ca prāpnoti
vraṇena khaḍgasthitena . tathaikacatvāriṃśadaṅgule śatrubhyaḥ
pīḍanādbhayaṃ labhate dvicatvāriṃśadaṅgule svarāṣṭravardvimantriṇaṃ-
tricatvāriṃśadaṅgule duḥkhaṃ prāpnoti senāpatireva bharttā
bhavati . catuścatvāriṃśadaṅgule śriyaṃ vipulāṃ labhate . pañca-
catvāriṃśadaṅgule vraṇo bhayaṅka ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadaṅgule
vraṇāḥ sukhāvāhā bhavanti . saptacatvāriṃśadaṅgule svapakṣaṃ
pīḍayati parapakṣaṃ varddhayati aṣṭācatvāriṃśadaṅgule rājaśriyaṃ
bhuṅkte ekonapañcāśadaṅgule śatrorvijayaṃ labhate . pañcāśadaṅgule
kulavṛddhirbhavati” . ekatriṃśadādyaṅguliṣuvraṇe phalaviśeṣo'bhi-
hitaḥ . ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi khaḍgalakṣaṇamuttamam . pradhāna-
dehasaṃbhūtairanyāsthibhirarindamaḥ . lohaṃ pradhānaṃ khaḍgārthe
praśastaṃ tadviśeṣataḥ . kharīkadurukṛṣikāvaṅgasūryyārakeṣu
ca . videheṣu tathāṅgeṣu madhyamagrāmacediṣu . saha-
grāmeṣu vīreṣu tathā kālañjare'pi ca . lohaṃ pradhānaṃ khaḍgānāṃ
navānāṃ śṛṇu lakṣaṇam . kharī kaṭurujā ye ca darśanīyāśca
te smṛtāḥ . kāryedakṣāśca kṛṣikāmṛdavo guravastathā”
tīkṣṇāśchedasahā vaṅgā dṛḍhāḥ sūryyārakodravāḥ . sudṛḍhāścaiva
vijñeyā prabhavanti videhajāḥ . aṅgadeśodbhavāstīkṣṇāḥ
sahajāste dṛḍhāstathā . vegavantastathā tīkṣṇāmadhyamagrāma-
sambhavāḥ . asāralaghavastīkṣṇāścedideśasamudravāḥ . saha-
grāmodbhavāḥ khaḍgāḥ sutīkṣṇālaghavastathā . nirvalā
nirmalā khaḍgāvīradeśasamudravāḥ . kālañjarābhārasahāsteṣāṃ
vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam . śatārddhamaṅgulānāṃ tu śreṣṭaḥ khaḍgaḥ
prakīrttitaḥ . tadadhomadhyasaṃjñābhāk tatohīnaṃ na dhārayet .
pramāṇābhyadhikaṃ deva! chinnavaṃśantathaiva ca . dīrghaḥ sumadhuraḥ-
śabdoyasya khaḍgasya bhārgava! .. kiṅkiṇīsadṛśastasya dhāraṇam
śreṣṭhamucyate . khaḍgaḥ patnapalāśāgromaṇḍalāsyaśca śasyate .
karavīrapalāśāgrasadṛśaśca viśeṣataḥ . mahīghṛtasagandhaśca
pradmotpalasugandhikaḥ . varṇṇataścītpralākāraḥ savarṇṇo
gananasya ca . samāṅgulasthāḥ śasyante vraṇāḥ khaḍgeṣu
bhārgava! . śrīvṛkṣaparvatākāravaṃśavastanibhāśca ye . maṅga-
lyānāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ sadṛśā ye ca bhārgava! . kākolūkārkabandhyā
bhā viṣamāṅgulisaṃsthitāḥ . vaṃśānugāḥ prabhūtāśca na praśastā
kadācana . khaḍge na paśyedvadanaṃ vṛthā na vṛṇuyādamum .
na cāsya kathayenmūlyaṃ jātiṃ deśaṃ kathañcana . utsṛṣṭo na spṛśet
khaḍgaṃ niśikuryācca śīrṣake . divā ca pūjayadenaṃ gandhamālyādi
sampadā . khaḍgaṃ praśastaṃ maṇihemacitraṃ kośe sadā candana-
carccayāḍhyam . saṃsthāyapedbhūmipatiḥ prayatnān yateta ceha svaśa-
rīravacca” viṣṇudha0 . devīpu0 . “khaḍgasya lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye triśi-
khasya tu sundari! . nānyaśastrodbhavaṃ kāryaṃ mṛdulohamayantathā .
sphuṭitaṃ khaṇḍitaṃ hrasvaṃ savraṇaṃ sādhitaṃ tathā . mṛdulohe-
nacārabhya sandhito maraṇaṃ bhavet . savraṇenāpi hṛdrogī
rekhāyāṃ pātakī bhavet . bhāryyā mātā tathā putro mriyate
khaṇḍitena ca . hrasvena lāghavaṃ loke dīrghatāpi hyasidvidā .
anyaśastrodbhavenāpi saṃbhavenmaraṇam dhruvam . pañcāśadaṅgulaṃ
khaḍgaṃ triśikhañca sureśvari . īdṛśaṅkārayetkhaḍga
māśu sidviphalapradam” . asyate kṣipyate asa—in .
3 śvāse “tisraḥ patnyo'sipathān kalpayantyaśvasya sūcībhiḥ”
kātyā0 20 . 7 . 1 . “aseḥ śvāsasya pathaḥ mārgān”
karka0 tri0 . 4 kṣipte asagaṇḍaḥ .

Asi(ḥ) (“the sword,” person). § 656d (Khaḍgotpattik.):

XII, 166, 6162, 6165, 6166, 6188, dharmagarbhena; 6191,

its forms are the different sorts of punishment; ib. e, its

eight mysterious names, Asi, etc.; 6203 foll., etc.

Asi usually denotes the sacrificial knife,¹ but occasionally

appears to mean a knife used in war.² Mention is made of

a sheath (vavri)³ to which a belt (vāla)⁴ was attached. The

word asi-dhārā⁵ also denotes ‘sheath.’ [Footnote] 1) Rv. i. 162, 20; x. 79, 6; 18;

Av. ix. 3, 9; x. 1, 20, etc. [Footnote] 2) Av. xi. 9, 1. The use of the ‘sword’

increases in the Epic period. See Hop-

kins, Journal of the American Oriental

Society, 13, 284. [Footnote] 3) Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xv. 4. [Footnote] 4) Ibid.; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, ii. 6, 5. [Footnote] 5) Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa,

iii. 139.

Asi — the sword; particularly that of Śiva.

Vā. 30. 124; 101. 272.