A word from Hindi, meaning "the madness". It is known from Rudyard Kipling's work The Jungle Book as a sickness known to be caused by the bite of a jackal, potentially referring to some form of the rabies or another.
"Even the tiger runs when little Tabaqui goes mad, for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature. We call it hydrophobia, but they call it dewanee-the madness-and run." - Passage from the first page of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
by Phanatico December 10, 2015
A word from Hindi, meaning "the madness". It is known from Rudyard Kipling's work The Jungle Book as a sickness caused by the bite of a jackal, potentially referring to some form of the rabies or another.
"Even the tiger runs when little Tabaqui goes mad, for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature. We call it hydrophobia, but they call it dewanee-the madness-and run." - Passage from the first page of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
by Phanatico January 22, 2017
by Phanatico December 10, 2015