As a Hindi name
वाण · noun · masculine
धारदार फल लगा हुआ छड़ी के आकार का छोटा अस्त्र जो धनिष की डोरी पर खींचकर छोड़ा जाता है । तीर — Śabdasāgara
वाण · vāṇ · s.m.
A shaft, an arrow, a dart (i.q. bān, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1177
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sounding, a sound
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Dictionary citations
1. vāṇa m. (fr. √ vaṇ; often written bāṇa, q.v.) sounding, a sound, Kir. xv, 10
an arrow (see bāṇa, p. 727 for comp.), RV. ix, 50, 1
music (esp. of flutes, harps &c.), RV. i, 85, 10 &c.; AV. x, 2, 17 (here written bāṇa)
a harp with 100 strings, TS.; Br.; ŚrS.
vāṇa n. the sound of a partic. little hand-drum, L.
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