मगुन्दी (magundI)

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Capeller Eng

English

 †मगुन्दी f.
  N.
  of the mother of cert.
   female demons. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 मगुन्दी f.
  N.
  of a mythical being (whose daughters are female demons),  AV.
  

Monier Williams 1872

English

 मगुन्दी मगुन्दी,  f.,  Ved.,  N. of a mythical
being whose daughters are mentioned in Atharva-
veda II. 14,  2.

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Vedic Reference

English

 Magundī is the name of some pest occurring in a verse of an
Atharvaveda hymn^1 employed to exorcise evil influences. By
that verse the ‘daughters of the Magundī’ are to be expelled
from the cowstall,  the wagon,  and the house. It is uncertain
whether an animal,  insect,  or demoness is meant.^2
1) ii. 14,  2.
2) Cf. Whitney,  Translation of the Atharvaveda,  58.

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