अशन् — {áśan} m. (connected with √{aś}) [only {áśnā} (instr.) and {áśnas}, perhaps better derived from {áśman}, q.v., cf.Whitney's Gr.? 425 e], stone, rock RV. x, 68, 8##a stone for slinging, missile stone RV. ii, 30, 4 and iv, 28, 5##(NBD.) the firmanent RV. i, 164, i ; 173, 2 ; x, 27, 15##[in the first two of these three passages the form {áśnas} has before been taken as nom. sg. m. fr. 1. {aśna}, q.v.]