द्वंद्व [ dvaṃdva ] [ dvaṃdvá ] n. ( the repeated nom. of [ dva ] ) pair , couple , male and female Lit. TS. Lit. Br. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ( [ °ám ] ind. , [ °dve ] ind. , or [ °dvena ] ind. by two , face to face , secretly)

a pair of opposites (e.g. heat and cold , joy and sorrow ) Lit. Up. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

strife , quarrel , contest , fight (esp. between two persons , a duel) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Hit.

stronghold , fortress Lit. L.

[ dvaṃdva ] m. ( scil. [ samāsa ] ; rarely n.) a copulative compound (or any compound in which the members if uncompounded would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction , " and " cf. [ devatā- ] , [ nakṣatra-] ) , Lit. Pāṇ. 2-2 , 29 ; 4 , 2

m. N. of sev. Ekâhas Lit. KātyŚr.

the sign of the zodiac Gemini Lit. Gol.

(in music) a kind of measure

a species of disease , a complication of two disorders , a compound affection of two humours Lit. L.

[ dvaṃdvam ] ind. , see [ dvaṃdva ] , by two , face to face , secretly

[ dvaṃdve ] ind. , see [ dvaṃdva ] , by two , face to face , secretly

[ dvaṃdvena ] ind. , see [ dvaṃdva ] , by two , face to face , secretly