शतघ्नी

Sanskrit

Noun

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