Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s3.4

c7.s3.4

4. Words connected with disease, magic, and popular belief: -áñjana ‘salve,’ in abhi-, *ā-, vi-áñjana, and *áñjanagandhi; apsarás ‘water-sprite’; aranyānī ‘forest-sprite’; ásura (hostile deity), with asurahán and *ásurá; kṛtyá ‘witchcraft’; gandharvá (proper name), with gandharví, gāndharvá; jarás, jarā ‘age,’ with jaráyu, jyótir-jaráyu; devajáná ‘troop of devas’; nírṛti ‘destruction’; piśāci ‘will o’ the wisp’; bráhmaṇā ‘by magic’; bheṣajá ‘medicine,’ with jálāṣa-, *víśvā-bheṣaja; *mṛtyú ‘death,’ with ámṛtyu and mṛtyu-bándhu; yákṣma ‘disease,’ with ayakṣmá, *ajñātayakṣmá, *rājayakṣmá; yamá (proper name), with *yamí and *yamárājan; yātudhána ‘wizard,’ with *yātudhānī; -rogá ‘disease,’ in *hṛdrogá; viśá ‘drug,’ with aviśá, *viśávant.