दुर्णामन् (durNAman)
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Hindiदुर्णामन्
वि* दुर्- णामन् -
बदनाम
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Vedic Reference
EnglishDur-ṇāman, ‘of evil name, ’ is the designation in the Rigveda^1
and the Atharvaveda^2 of a demon causing disease, or the
disease itself. The Nirukta^3 explains the words as meaning
a ‘worm, ’ an interpretation which accords with the wide-
spread belief in disease-causing worms.^4 Later Durnāman
denotes ‘hæmorrhoids.’^5
1) x. 162, 2.
2) ii. 25, 2
viii. 6, 1 et seq.
xvi. 6, 7
xix. 36, 1 et seq. So also the feminine
Durṇāmnī, iv. 17, 5
xix. 36, 6.
3) vi. 12.
4) Bloomfield, Atharvaveda, 61
Hymns
of the Atharvaveda, 314 et seq., 351.
5) Suśruta, 1, 177, 10, etc.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskritदु(र्णा)र्नामन् स्त्री दुःस्थितं नामास्य पूर्वपदात् संज्ञायां णत्वेप्राप्ते क्षुभ्नादेराकृतिगणत्वात् न णत्वमित्येके बेदे तुणत्वमध्यपाठो दृश्यते । दीर्घकोषिकायां (झिनुक) ख्याते१ पदार्थे अमरः २ अर्शोरोगे च राजनि० तद्रोगस्यातिपा-तकशेषत्वादकीर्तनीयत्वेन निन्दितत्वात् तथात्वम् “अमीवा यस्ते गर्भं दुर्णामा योनिमाशये” ऋ० १० । १६२ । १ ।“कृणोम्यस्मै भेषजं बजं दुर्णामचातनम्” । “दुर्णामाच सुनामा चोभा संवृतमिच्छतः” अथ० ८ । ६ । ३ । वा डाप्दुर्नामा उपधालोपित्वात् पक्षे ङीप् उपधालोपे दुर्नाम्नी
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