རྦ་

རྦ། (Wyl. rba ) Pron.: ba

• Skt. शृङ्गः, śṛṅga, Pron.: shringa. From Sanskrit: perhaps connected with | the horn of an animal, a horn used for various purposes (as in drinking, for blowing, drawing blood from the skin) | the tusk of an elephant | the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag | the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret | any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity | a cusp or horn of the moon | highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything | the horn as a symbol of self reliance or strength or haughtiness | the rising of desire, excess of love or passion | a •partic. military array in the form of a horn or crescent | a syringe, water-engine | the female breast | a lotus | agallochum | a mark, token, sign | 'hare's horn', anything impossible or extra ordinary | a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant | N. of a Muni (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain) [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW
• Skt. विषाणम्, viṣāṇa, Pron.: vishana. From Sanskrit: for 2. | under | fr. which 1. may perhaps also come | in older language also | and | to | or | a horn, the horn of any animal | a horn (wind-instrument) | the tusk (of an elephant or of a boar or of Gaṇe7śa) | the claws (of a crab) | a peak, top, point, summit | the horn-like tuft on Śiva's head | the tip of the breast, nipple | the chief or best of a class or kind | = | a sword or knife [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW