अलाण्डु (alANDu)

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Capeller Eng

English

 अला॑ण्डु m.
  a kind of vermin. 

Apte

English

अलाण्डुः [alāṇḍuḥ],  N.
  of a small noxious insect or other animal
 Av.*
  2.31.2.3. (v. l.  अल्गण्डु) Satawalekar ed.

Apte 1890

English

 अलांडुः N. of a small noxious insect or other animal. 

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 अला॑ण्डु m.
  N.
  of a noxious animal,  AV.
   ii,  31,  2 and 3.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 अलाण्डु अलाण्डु,  उस्,  m.,  N. of a small
noxious insect or other animal.

Vedic Reference

English

 Alāṇḍu. — This is the reading in the text of the Atharvaveda^1
of the name of a species of worm. Bloomfield^2 shows reason
to adopt the reading Algaṇḍu as the correct form of the word.
1) ii. 31,  2.
2) Hymns of the Atharvaveda,  315.

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