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Results for वासुकि

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वासुकिvāsukiवासुकेयः [vāsukēyḥ], वासुकेयः N. of a celebrated serpent, king of snakes (said to be a son of Kaśyapa)…
वासुकेयः vāsukēyḥ, वासुकेयः Name of a celebrated serpent, king of snakes (said to be a son of Kaśyapa); सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः Bg.1.28; Ku.2.38; (hence वासुकेयस्वसा means 'the sister of the snake-god', an epithet of the deity Manasā; Latin D. B.).
In the Gita10·28

प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ॥

prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ. — Among weapons I am the divine thunderbolt; I am Kamadhuk the cow of plenty among cattle, I am Kandarpa the love-god among the progenitors; among the… 10·28
- वासुकिःvāsukiḥnominative singular of the masculine noun vāsuki (name of a serpent-king, the gods and demons used the serpent Vasuki as a rope for twisting round the mountain Mandara when they churned the ocean with it).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वासुकिvāsukim. (fr. वसुक) N. of a divine being Gobh. Kaus3.
1. masculine gender (from वसुक) Name of a divine being Gobh. Kaus3.
2. masculine gender of a serpent-king (one of the three chief kings of the Na1gas नाग s, the other two being S3esha शेष and Takshaka तक्षक; the gods and demons used the serpent Va1suki वासुकि as a rope for twisting round the mountain Mandara मन्दर when they churned the ocean RTL. 108, 233) MBh. R. etc.
3. masculine gender of an author Prata1p. Scholiast or Commentator
4. masculine gender of another man Pravar.
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वलयीकृतवासुकिvalayīkṛtavāsukim. "one who has made the serpent Va1suki वासुकि his br bracelet", N. of S3iva शिव MW.

masculine gender "one who has made the serpent Va1suki वासुकि his br bracelet", Name of S3iva शिव MW.

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वासुकिजvāsukijamfn. descended from Va1suki वासुकि MBh.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective descended from Va1suki वासुकि MBh.

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वासुकिह्रदvāsukihradam. N. of a lake MW.

masculine gender Name of a lake MW.

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