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Entry उरग

उरगuraga(-गी f.) [उरसा गच्छति, उरस् -गम्-ड; सलोपश्च P.III.2.48 Vārt.]
1. (-गी Feminine) [उरसा गच्छति, उरस् -गम्-ड; सलोपश्च ParasmaipadaIII.2.48 Vārt.]
2. A serpent, snake; अङ्गुली- वोरगक्षता R.1.28,12.5,91. उपगांश्च दिव्यान् Bg.11.15.
3. A Nāga or semi-divine serpent usually represented in mythology with a human face; देवगन्धर्वमानुषोरगराक्षसान् Nala.1.28; Ms.3.196.
4. (पुं. न.) Lead.
Derived forms and compounds
- -गा Name of a city; अथोरगाख्यस्य पुरस्य नाथम् R.6.59.
- -गी
  
  A female snake.
  
  Compound अरिः अशनः, शत्रुः Name of Garuḍa (enemy of snakes); Śi.5.13.
  
  peacock.
- -आस्यम् a kind of spade (serpent-shaped hoe);
- -इन्द्रः, -राजः Name of Vāsuki or Śeṣa.
- -प्रतिसर Adjective having a serpent for a wedding ring.
- -बन्धः A class of bases (of columns etc.) shaped like the face of a snake.
- -भूषणः Name of Śiva (decked with serpents).
- -सारचन्दनः, -नम् a kind of sandal-wood.
- -स्थानम् the abode of the Nāgas, id est, that is Pātāla.
In the Gita11·15

पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे

paśyāmi devāṁstava deva dehe — Arjuna said:- I see all the gods in Thy body, O God, and different companies of beings, Brahma the creating Lord seated in the Lotus, and the Rishis… 11·15
- उरगान्‌uragānaccusative plural of the masculine noun uraga (serpent).
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