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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निदानम्nidānam1 A band, rope, halter; उदुस्रियाणामसृजन्नि- दानम् Rv.6.32.2.
1. 1 A band, rope, halter; उदुस्रियाणामसृजन्नि- दानम् Rv.6.32.2.
2. A rope for tying up a calf; बालजेन निदानेन कांस्यं भवतु दोहनम् Mb.13.94.41.
3. A primary cause, the first or essential cause; निदानमिक्ष्वाकुकुलस्य सन्ततेः R.3.1; अथवा बलमारम्भो निदानं क्षयसम्पदः Śi.2.94.
4. A cause in general; मुञ्च मयि मानमनिदानम् Gīt.5.
5. (in medicine) Inquiry into the causes of a disease, pathology.
6. Diagnosis of a disease.
7. End, termination.
8. Purity, purification, correctness.
9. Claiming the reward of penitential acts.
Derived forms and compounds
- -स्थानम् one of the departments of medical science, Pathology.
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