The Sanskrit term Kṣepaṇika can be transliterated into English as Ksepanika or Kshepanika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdomlib Libary: The Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa

Kṣepaṇika (क्षेपणिक) or Kṣepaṇikaśastra refers to “different kinds of slings and similar devices for discharging missiles” and represents one of the various weapons equipped by the Daityas in their war against Lalitā, according to the Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa 4.22. Accordingly, “[...] thereupon, crores of Daityas producing reverberating chattering noise furiously prepared themselves (to fight) against Parameśvarī (Lalitā). [...] Crores of Daityas were fully equipped with coats of mail and had the following weapons and missiles in their hands [viz.:  Kṣepaṇika-śastras (different kinds of slings and similar devices for discharging missiles)], and thousands of similar weapons and missiles very dreadful and capable of destroying living beings”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣepaṇika (क्षेपणिक).—A boatman, navigator.

Derivable forms: kṣepaṇikaḥ (क्षेपणिकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣepaṇika (क्षेपणिक).—[masculine] mariner, pilot.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kṣepaṇika (क्षेपणिक):—[from kṣip] m. a boatman, navigator, [Vāsavadattā]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. destroying (nāśaka), [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] = karkarādi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Kshepanikashastra.

Full-text: Kshepanikashastra.

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