द्वन्द्व n. (
-न्द्वं)
1. A pair, a brace.
2. A couple of animals, or male and female.
3. Union of the sexes or coupling.
4. Strife, dispute.
5. A secret.
m. (
-न्द्वः)
1. A form of grammatical combination uniting two or more words in the same case, properly separated by a conjunc- tion, as
रामलक्ष्मणौ RĀMA and LAKSHMANA;
पाणिपादं hand and foot. 2. A sign of the zodiac (Gemini.)
3. A species of disease, a [Page359-b+ 60] complication of two disorders, or compound affection of two humours.
E. द्वि two, reduplicate, deriv. irr.