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जामिशंस (jAmizaMsa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
जामि—शंस॑
m.
curse pronounced by a relative,
AV.
ii, 10, 1 ff.
ix, 4, 15.
Vedic Reference
English
Jāmi-śaṃsa, the ‘imprecation by a sister’ or ‘relation, is
mentioned in the Atharvaveda, ^1 showing that family disputes
were not rare. This is also indicated by the word Bhrātṛvya,
which, while properly meaning ‘father's brother's son, regularly
denotes simply ‘enemy.’
1) ii. 10, 1 (= Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 5, 6, 3), and personified in ix. 4, 15.
Cf. jāmyāḥ śapathaḥ, Av. ii. 7, 2
Bloomfield, Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 362.