akzaRaveDa
akṣaṇa-vedha , the art of piercing the target (unerringly) ; 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. ).