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संस्कन्ध (saMskandha)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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सं॑-स्कन्ध
n.
a partic. disease,
AV.
Vedic Reference
English
Saṃ-skandha (‘having the shoulders together’) is the name
of a disease mentioned with Viṣkandha in the Atharvaveda.^1
Whitney, ^2 however, thinks it is intended as an adjective
implying the sense of ‘counteracting the disease Viṣkandha.’
1) xix. 34, 5, with Sāyaṇa's note.
2) Translation of the Atharvaveda,
952.
Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 65,
391
Bloomfield, Hymns of the Athar-
vaveda, 283.