Pakshitosham, Pakṣitōṣam, Pakshi-tosham: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pakṣitōṣam (பக்ஷிதோஷம்) [pakṣi-tōṣam] noun < பக்ஷி² [pagshi²] +. A disease of children believed to be caused by the falling of the shadow of birds in the evening, of five kinds, viz., vara-p-puḷ-tōṣam, nīr-p-puḷ-tōṣam, tūṅku-puḷ-tōṣam, anāmattu-p-puḷ-tōṣam kāṇā-p-puḷ-tōṣam; சாயங்காலத்தில் குழந்தைகளின்மேல் பறவையின் நிழல் வீழ்தலால் உண்டாவதும் வரப்புள்தோஷம், நீர்ப்புள்தோஷம், தூங்குபுள்தோஷம், அநாமத்துப்புள்தோஷம், காணாப் புள்தோஷம் என்று ஐவகைப்பட்டதுமான நோய்வகை. [sayangalathil kuzhanthaigalinmel paravaiyin nizhal vizhthalal undavathum varappulthosham, nirppulthosham, thungupulthosham, anamathuppulthosham, kanap pulthosham enru aivagaippattathumana noyvagai.] (சீவரட்சாமிருதம் [sivaradsamirutham] 228.)

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