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शिमिद (zimida)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Śimida, occurring in the Rigveda^1 in the compound a-śinida,
perhaps denotes a disease. The feminine form, Śimidā, is
found as the name of a demoness in the Atharvaveda^2 and the
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.^3 Cf. Śipada.
1) vii. 50, 4. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches
Leben, 394.
2) iv. 25, 4.
3) vii. 4, 1, 27.