Andhaputana, Andhapūtanā, Andha-putana: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAndhapūtanā (अन्धपूतना).—a demoness supposed to cause diseases in children; यो द्वेष्टि स्तनमतिसारकासहिक्काछर्दीभिर्ज्वर- सहिताभिरर्द्यमानः । दुर्वर्णः सततमधःशयोऽम्लगन्धिस्तं ब्रूयुर्वरभिषजोन्ध- पूतनार्तम् (yo dveṣṭi stanamatisārakāsahikkāchardībhirjvara- sahitābhirardyamānaḥ | durvarṇaḥ satatamadhaḥśayo'mlagandhistaṃ brūyurvarabhiṣajondha- pūtanārtam) Suśr.
Andhapūtanā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms andha and pūtanā (पूतना).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAndhapūtanā (अन्धपूतना):—[=andha-pūtanā] [from andha > andh] f. a female demon causing diseases in children, [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAndhapūtanā (अन्धपूतना):—[karmadharaya compound] f.
(-nā) A female imp or devil, one of the nine evil spirits which are supposed to possess children and to work in them diseases generally believed to be incurable (see graha); she is imagined ‘of formidable size, tawny, bald and wearing yellow-red garments’. Compare the following. E. andha and pūtanā.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Putana, Andha.
Starts with: Andhaputanartta.
Ends with: Gandhaputana.
Full-text: Andhaputanartta, Kataputana, Graha.
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Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XXXIII - Treatment of Andha-putana-graha < [Canto II - Kaumarabhritya-tantra (pediatrics, gynecology and pregnancy)]
Chapter XXVII - Specific features of nine malignant Grahas < [Canto II - Kaumarabhritya-tantra (pediatrics, gynecology and pregnancy)]
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Bhūtas and Grahas < [Chapter 8]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CLXXVI - The Nidanam of diseases peculiar to peculiar to infant life < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)