[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s1.340 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.340 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.340 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.339) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.341](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.341) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.1.2.4) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.340) · Pramāṇa