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वाण vāṇ, and H. वान wān, vulg. bān, s.m. A shaft, an arrow, a dart (i.q. bān, q.v.);—the feathered part of an arrow;—a symbolical expression for the numberfive (from the five arrows of Kām-dev);—a kind of reed or cane; a pipe, flute;—fire;—a kind of rocket (used in battle), a sky rocket, a grenade;—udder (of a cow);—name of an Asur (a son of RājāBali, an enemy of Vishṇu, and favourite of Śiva):—vāṇāsur (˚na+as˚), s.m. The Asur or demon Vāṇ:—vāṇ-pur, s.m. The capital of Vāṇ-rājā:—vāṇ-śayyā, s.f. The bed or couch of arrows (a peculiar method of transfixing each other with arrows practised by the gods in their mutual strifes):—vān-mārā, part. adj. (f. -ī), Slain by an arrow or a dart:—vāṇā-vatī, s.f. The wife of the Asur Vān.