As a deity name
Name 634 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
अशनि · noun · masculine
वज्र । बिजली · बिजली की चमक · महास्त्र — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अशनि" is अ- + शनि: शनि means "slow, sluggish, slow-moving", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अशनि" is अ- + शनि: शनि means "slow, sluggish, slow-moving", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the tip of a missile
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "aśani" is the locative of "aśan" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "aśani" is the vocative of "aśanin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "aśani" is the vocative of "aśanī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
aśani f. (rarely m., R.; Pāṇ., Sch.) the thunderbolt, a flash of lightning, RV. &c.
the tip of a missile, RV. x, 87, 4
(in astronomy) a subdivision of the phenomena called Ulkās, VarBṛS.
a hailstone, Kauś.
aśani m. one of the nine names of Rudra, PārGṛ.
aśan m. (connected with √ aś) [only aśnā (instr.) and aśnas, perhaps better derived from aśman, q.v., cf. Whitney's Gr. section 425e], stone, rock, RV. x, 68, 8
a stone for slinging, missile stone, RV. ii, 30, 4 and iv, 28, 5
aśanin mfn. = aśani-mat, q.v., MBh. xiii, 1157.
aśanī f. = aśani, the thunderbolt, ŚBr. xi (voc.), R. iii, 35, 40.
Alternative readings
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