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स्कन्दग्रह (skandagraha)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
स्कन्द—ग्रह
m.
the demon Skanda (causing disease),
MBh.
Hariv.
Suśr.
पुराणम्
English
स्कन्दग्रह / SKANDAGRAHA. An evil spirit which afflicts boys upto the age of sixteen. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 230, Stanza 43, that this spirit is also known by the name Mātṛkāgraha or Puruṣagraha.