निदानम्

{ nidānam }

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

निदानम् [nidānam]   1 A band, rope, halter; उदुस्रियाणामसृजन्नि- दानम् [Rv.6.32.2.]
   A rope for tying up a calf; बालजेन निदानेन कांस्यं भवतु दोहनम् [Mb.13.94.41.]
   A primary cause, the first or essential cause; निदानमिक्ष्वाकुकुलस्य सन्ततेः [R.3.1;] अथवा बलमारम्भो निदानं क्षयसम्पदः [Śi.2.94.]
   A cause in general; मुञ्च मयि मानमनिदानम् [Gīt.5.]
   (in medicine) Inquiry into the causes of a disease, pathology.
   Diagnosis of a disease.
   End, termination.
   Purity, purification, correctness.
   Claiming the reward of penitential acts. -Comp.
-स्थानम्   one of the departments of medical science, Pathology.