Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.340

v1.c3.s1.340

Ā-srāva (‘discharge’) denotes a disease, thrice referred to in the Atharvaveda,¹ the precise nature of which is uncertain. The Scholiast² in one place interprets it as painful urination (mūtrātisāra), while Lanman³ suggests diabetes. Bloomfield⁴ takes it to be diarrhœa, and Zimmer⁵ argues that as the remedy is called ‘wound healer’ (arus-srāṇa), the sense is ‘the flux from unhealed wounds.’ Whitney⁶ renders it ‘flux,’ and questions Bloomfield’s rendering. Ludwig⁷ translates it vaguely by ‘sickness’ and ‘cold.’