kuwwana
kuṭṭana ( m. or nt. ), in ayo-kuṭṭanehi kuṭṭīyantā Mv i.6.5 (prose), being pounded with iron hammers . Cf. Pali ayo-kūṭa, and Skt. kūṭa, iron hammer (once, Mbh. ); the word kuṭṭana is found in Skt. as noun of action, pounding ( cf. kuṭṭ-ayati); our form looks like an etymological blending, with influence of the ‘ Morengesetz ’ ( § 3.4a ).