Amiva, Amīvā: 8 definitions
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Amiva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Amīvā (अमीवा).—[am-van-īḍāgamaḥ nipātaḥ] Ved.
1) Affliction, sickness, disease.
2) Distress, terror.
3) A demon, tormenting spirit.
-vaḥ An enemy, one who afflicts or torments;
-vam 1 Affliction, distress, pain, injury, कच्चिद् बुधः स्वस्त्यनमीव आस्ते (kaccid budhaḥ svastyanamīva āste) Bhāgavata 3.1.32. कुठारैश्चिच्छिदुः क्रुद्धाः स्मरन्तोऽमीवमस्य तत् (kuṭhāraiścicchiduḥ kruddhāḥ smaranto'mīvamasya tat) Bhāgavata 4.28.26.
Amīva (अमीव).—n.
(-vaṃ) 1. Sin. 2. Pain.
Amīva (अमीव).—[am + īva], n. Pain, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 59, 23.
Amīva (अमीव).—[neuter] pain, disease, distress, grief; [feminine] amīvā the same, concr. tormentor, fiend.
1) Amīva (अमीव):—n. (√am), pain, grief, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) Amīvā (अमीवा):—[from amīva] f. distress, terror, fright, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
3) [v.s. ...] tormenting spirit, demon, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]
4) [v.s. ...] affliction, disease, [Ṛg-veda]
5) Āmīvā (आमीवा):—[=ā-mīvā] f. disease, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Amīva (अमीव):—[a-mīva] (vaṃ) 1. n. Sin; pain.
Amīva (अमीव):—
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Amīva (अमीव):—
2) api svajñātibandhūnāmanamīvamanāmayam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 39, 4.]
Amīva (अमीव):——
1) n. Leid , Schmerz. —
2) f. amīvā — a) Plage , Drangsal. — b) Dränger , Plagegeist. — c) Krankheit (auch persönlich gedacht).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 187 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
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Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Indo-Iranian Concepts of Disease and Cure < [Volume 3 (1993)]