vASI
vA/SI f. (also written vAsI ; accord. to some connected with √ vraSc ) a sharp or pointed knife or a kind of axe, adze, chisel ( esp. as the weapon of Agni or the Marut s, and the instrument of the Ṛbhu s, while the paraśu or axe is that of Tvaṣṭṛ ), RV. ; AV. ; MBh.