यमदंष्ट्रा

A dictionary, Marathi and English

pop. यमदाढ f The jaw-tooth of Yama. A common term for the days of the period comprising the last eight days of Áshwin and the whole month of Kártik. As the word is used plurally it expresses that whole period. It is so called because it is a period of general sickness. यमाच्या दाढेंत असणें-पडणें-सांपडणें-जाणें To be in, fall into, or be caught in the jaws of Death, lit.: also, figuratively, to be under or fall under some great tormentor or great trouble. यमाच्या दाढेंत घालणें-टाकणें &c. To cast into &c.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यम—दंष्ट्रा  f.  f. Y°'s tooth ( °ट्रा-न्तरं गतः, one who has fallen into the jaws of Y° or Death), [MBh.]

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( prob.) a stab from a dagger, [Pañcad.]
a kind of poison, [Rasêndrac.]
यम—दंष्ट्रा  f.  f. pl. the last 8 days of the month आश्विन and the whole of कार्त्तिक considered as a period of general sickness, [MW.]

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