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पाकरु (pAkaru)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Pākaru is mentioned as a disease, together with Viṣūcikā
and Arśas, ‘hæmorrhoids, in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.^1 Its
nature is unknown
the etymology^2 points to the sense of
‘developed sores, ‘ulcers.’
1) xii. 97 Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches
Leben, 393.
2) From pāka, ‘maturity, and aru =
arus, ‘sore.’
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
पाकरु
त्रि०
पाकेन मुखपाकेन अरुर्व्रणम् पाकस्य अन्नादि-पाकस्य वा अरुः क्षतम् शक० मुखपाकेन क्षते अन्न-पाकनाशके अग्निमान्द्ये यजु० १२९५ वेददी०