Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.244

v2.c4.s4.244

Manyā (plur.), ‘nape of the neck,’ occurs in a passage of the Atharvaveda¹ directed against a disease which Bloomfield² regards as scrofulous swellings on the neck. He compares the disease Manskunder, ‘tumours of the neck’ (which looks like a combination of the words *manyā* and *skandhyā*, ‘pains of the neck and shoulders,’ both occurring in verses 1 and 3 of the Atharvan hymn), mentioned by Wise.³