dvaMdvaM [ dvO dvO sahABivyaktO ; cf. P. VIII. 1. 15 . Sk. ] 1 A pair, couple. 2 A couple of animals (including even men) of different sexes, i. e. male and female; dvaMdvAni BAvaM kriyayA vivavruH Ku. 3. 35 ; Me. 45 ; na cedidaM dvaMdvamayojayizyat Ku. 7. 66 ; R. 1. 40 ; Ś. 2. 14 , 7. 27. 3 A couple of opposite conditions or qualities, (such as suKa and duHKa, SIta and uzRa ); balavatI hi dvaMdvAnAM pravftiH K. 135 ; dvaMdvErayojayaccemAH suKaduHKAdiBiH prajAH Ms. 1. 26 ; 6. 81 ; sarvarttunirvftikare nivasannupEti na dvaMdvaduHKamiha kiMcidakiMcano'pi Śi. 4. 64. 4 A strife, contention, quarrel, dispute, fight. 5 A duel. 6 Doubt, uncertainty. 7 A fortress, stronghold. 8 A secret. — dvaH 1 (In gram. ) One of the four principal kinds of compounds, in which two or more words are joined together which, if not compounded, would stand in the same case and be connected by the copulative conjunction ‘and’; cArTe dvaMdvaH P. II. 2. 29 ; dvaMdvaH sAmAsikasya ca Bg. 10. 33. 2 A kind of ( pb ) disease. 3 The sign Gemini of the zodiac. Comp. — cara, cArin a. living in couples. ( — m. ) the ruddy goose; dayitA dvaMdvacaraM patattriRaM R. 8. 56 , 16. 63. — ja a. 1 produced from morbid affection of two humours. 2 arising from a quarrel 3 arising from a couple. — BAvaH antagonism, discord. — BinnaM separation of the sexes. — BUta a. 1 forming a couple. 2 doubtful, uncertain. — mohaH trouble caused by doubt. — yudDaM a duel, a single combat.