शतघ्नी

Sanskrit

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Noun

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शतघ्नी (śataghnī) stem?

  1. a deadly weapon (used as a missile, supposed by some to be a sort of fire-arms or rocket, but described by the Comm. on the महाभारत as a stone or cylindrical piece of wood studded with iron spikes)
  2. a deadly disease of the throat
  3. a female scorpion