animittaliṅganāśa

animittaliṅganāśa Karmadh. m. (-śaḥ) (In medicine.) A dis-

ease of the pupil of the eye, when the whole crystalline

lens is affected; it is described as being produced ‘by the

sight of the divine Ṛṣis, the Gandharvas, the great Ser-

pents and luminous bodies’ and causing the entire loss of

vision. See also liṅganāśa and sanimittaliṅganāśa. E. ani-

mitta and liṅganāśa.

a-nimitta—liṅga-nāśa m. ‘unaccountable loss of distinct vision’, N. of an ophthalmic disease ending in total blindness (perhaps amaurosis).