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.