[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.s18.497 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.497 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.497 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.497) Dur-ṇāman, ‘of evil name,’ is the designation in the Rigveda¹ and the Atharvaveda² of a demon causing disease, or the disease itself. The Nirukta³ explains the words as meaning a ‘worm,’ an interpretation which accords with the widespread belief in disease-causing worms.⁴ Later Durnāman denotes ‘hæmorrhoids.’⁵ - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.496](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.496) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.498](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.498) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (3) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.497) · Pramāṇa