Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

plīhan प्लीहन् – the spleen (which with the liver is regarded by the Hindūs as the part of the body from which the blood flows)

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

plīhán ·m. plīhā f. the spleen.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Plīhan, ā, m. the spleen (which with the liver is regarded by the Hindūs as the part of the body from which the blood flows); disease of the spleen (said to be equally applied to enlargement of the mesenteric glands, &c.); [cf. Gr. σπλήν, σπλάγχ- νο-ν; Lat. lien; Bohem. slez-ina; Lith. bluz-ni-s; Eng. spleen.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

plīhán (plī́han UṆĀDIS. 1,158) m. 1〉 σπλήν, lien, Milz, welche nebst der Leber für den Ausgangspunkt des Blutes gilt, AK. 2,6,2,17. H. 605. AV. 2,33,3. AV. 3,25,3. VS. 19,86. VS. 25,8. ŚAT. BR. 12,9,1,3. KĀTY. ŚR. 6,7,11. SUŚR. 1,79,9. SUŚR. 2,89,9. SUŚR. 2,470,12. raktavāhisirāmūlaṃ plīhākhyāto maharṣibhiḥ ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,5,21. plīhābhivṛddhi SUŚR. 1,49,4. SUŚR. 1,276,6. — 2〉 Milzkrankheit UJJVAL. SUŚR. 1,191,2. SUŚR. 2,51,3. Verz. d. B. H. No. 963. Verz. d. B. H. No. 965. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 234,b,4.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

plīhán m. — 1〉 Milz. — 2〉 Milzkrankheit.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

plīhan m. The spleen or its enlargement (plihan also); Mv. 5. 19. Comp. — ariḥ N. of the fig-tree. — udaraṃ enlargement of the spleen. — udarin a. suffering from enlargement of the spleen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

plīhan plīhan m. (plihan) la rate; le spleen. plīhaghna m. (han) andersonia rohitaka, bot. [qui détruit le spleen]. plīhaśatru m. mms. plīhāri m. (ari) ficus religiosa, bot.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 20–28: Setting Sarasvatī in Motion 1 occurrence

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GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 1 occurrence

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