वरुणगृहीत (varuNagRhIta)

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Capeller Eng

English

 व॑रुणगृहीत a.
  seized by Varuṇa,  dropsical.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 व॑रुण—गृहीत (व॑°),  mfn.
   seized by V°,  afflicted with disease (esp.   dropsy
 See under वरुण),  ŚBr.
  
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Vedic Reference

English

 Varuṇa-gṛhīta,  ‘seized by Varuṇa, ’ is found in several
passages^1 as a description of a man afflicted with dropsy,  which
is the disease sent by Varuṇa as a punishment for sin.^2
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā,  ii. 1,  2,  1
vi. 4,  2,  3
 Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā,  xii. 4
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,  iv. 4,  5,  11
Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa,  i. 6,  4,  1,  etc.
2) Rv. vi. 74,  4
 vii. 88. 7
 Av. ii. 10,  1
iv. 16,  6. 7
 xiv. 1,  57
 2,  49,  etc.
Cf. Oldenberg,  Religion des Veda,  203
Macdonell,  Vedic Mythology,  p. 29,  n. 16.

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