1 A band, rope, halter.

2 A rope for tying up a calf.

3 A primary cause, the first or essential cause; nidinamikṣvākukulasya saṃtateḥ R. 3. 1; athavā balamāraṃbho nidānaṃ kṣayasaṃpadaḥ Śi. 2. 94.

7 A cause in general; muṃca mayi mānamanidānaṃ Gīt. 5.

5 (In medicine) Inquiry into the causes of a disease, pathology.

6 Dia- gnosis of a disease.

7 End, termi- nation.

8 Purity, purification, cor- rectness....