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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 76, col. 2.
    amīvā amīvā, f. (fr. rt. am), pain, distress,

    terror, fright; tormenting spirit, demon; affliction,

    disease; (as), m. an enemy, one who afflicts; (am),

    n. affliction, pain, grief. —Amīva-cātana, as, ī, am,

    Ved. driving away pains, diseases, enemies, or tor-

    menting spirits. —Amīva-han, ā, m., Ved. killing

    evil spirits, destroying pains.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 151, col. 2.
    amīvā [am-van-īḍāgamaḥ nipātaḥ]

    1 Ved. Affliction, sickness, disease.

    2 Distress, terror.

    3 A demon; tormenting spirit.

    — vaḥ An enemy, one who afflicts or torments.

    — vaṃ Affliction, distress, pain, injury.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 82, col. 1.
    ámīvā f. distress, terror, fright, RV.; AV.; VS.
    ☞ p. 82, col. 1.
    tormenting spirit, demon, RV.; AV.
    ☞ p. 82, col. 1.
    affliction, disease, RV.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 203.
    amīvā [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, kaccid budhaḥ svastyanamīva āste Bhāg.3.1.32. kuṭhāraiścicchiduḥ kruddhāḥ smaranto'mīvamasya tat Bhāg.4.28.26.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 93.
    ámīvā, f., Drangsal [von am, vgl. ámati], Plage, und persönlich gedacht: 2) Dränger, Plagegeist, besonders häufig den Nachtgeistern (rákṣas) oder Gottlosen (árāti) oder Feinden (mṛ́dh) zur Seite gestellt; 3) Krankheit, oft auch persönlich gedacht.

    -ā 2) {797,1}. 3) {515,2}; {988,1. 2}.

    -ām 2) {517,7}; {587,2}; {638,10}; {809,43}; {924,12}. 3) {35,9}; {863,4}; {889,12}; {926,8}.

    -ās [A.] 1) {224,2}. 2) {189,3}; {249,1}; {554,7}; {655,16—18}.