The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c7.s2.47

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⁵ yád āvir vád apīcyám dévāso asti duṣkṛtám, tṛté tád víśvam āptvá áré asmád dadhātanāneháso va ūtávaḥ suūtávo va ūtávaḥ. Elsewhere (AV., VI, 84, 3) the favourable epithet anehas, ‘benign’, which designates the absence of “(hostile) designs” (cf., L. Renou, J. A., 1939, p. 211) applies to Nirṛti, in order to turn away her fatal influence and when she does not rage, this epithet suits her quite well. Nirṛti can, therefore, have a relatively favourable aspect, cf., infra, concerning the double character of gods and demons.