Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.416
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.416
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v1.c3.s11.416
Kilāsa is the name of a disease, ‘white leprosy,’ in the Atharvaveda¹ and the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā, etc.² It resulted in the appearance of grey (*palita*) and white (*śukla, śveta*) spots all over the skin. Haug gave the same sense to *alasa* in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,³ but this is doubtful. The fem. Kilāsī is taken by Max Müller to mean a ‘spotted deer’ in one passage of the Rigveda.⁴
Linked texts (6)
- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- Vājasaneyisaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit
- Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit