andhapūtanā
Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 132, col. 2.
andhapūtanā Karmadh. 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 in-
curable (see graha); she is imagined ‘of formidable size, tawny,
bald and wearing yellow-red garments’. Compare the fol-
lowing. E. andha and pūtanā.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)
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p. 45, col. 1.
andha—pūtanā f. a female demon causing diseases in children,
Suśr.
Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch
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vol. 1,
p. 258.
andhapūtanā (
andha + pūtanā) f.
ein dämonisches Wesen, das den Kindern Krankheiten verursacht,
SUŚR. 2, 384, 2.
Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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vol. 1,
p. 65, col. 2.
andhapūtanā f.
N.pr. eines den Kindern verderblichen Dämons.
Vācaspatyam
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p. 210, col. 2.
andhapūtanā strī 384 suśrutokte bālagrahabhede “skandagrahaśca
prathamaḥ skandāpasmāra eva ca śakunā revatī caiva pūtanā cāndha-
pūtane” tyuddiśya . “yodveṣṭi stanamatisārakāsahikkāchardībhi-
rjvarasahitābhirardyamānaḥ durvarṇaḥ satatamadhaḥśayo'mlagandhistaṃ
brūyurvararbhiṣajo'ndhapūtanārttamiti” tallakṣaṇamuktam .