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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सर्पsarpaSerpentine or winding motion, gliding.

    [सृप्-घञ्]

    1. Serpentine or winding motion, gliding.
    2. Flowing, going.
    3. A snake, serpent.
    4. Name of a tree (नागकेशर).
    5. The Āśleṣā constellation.
    6. Name of a tribe of Mlechchhas or barbarians.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अक्षी a kind of plant (Marâthî थोर मुंगूसवेल).

    • -अदनी

      1. the ichneumon plant (Marâthî मुंगूसवेल). अरातिः, अरिः an ichneumon.
      2. a peacock.
      3. an epithet of Garuḍa.

    • -अशनः a peacock.

    • -आवासः an ant-hill.

    • -आवासम्, -इष्टम् the sandal tree.

    • -ईश्वरः Name of Vāsuki.

    • -गतिः a snake's tortuous movement (in wrestling).

    • -गन्धा the ichneumon plant (Marâthî लघु मुंगूसवेल).

    • -छत्रम् a mushroom.

    • -तृणः an ichneumon.

    • -दंष्ट्रा

      1. a snake's fang.
      2. Croton Polyandrum (दन्ती).

    • -दण्डा a kind of pepper.

    • -दमनी Name of a plant (Marâthî वांझ कर्टोली).

    • -द्विष् a peacock.

    • -धारकः a snake charmer.

    • -निर्मोचनम् the cast-off skin of a snake.

    • -फणिजः the gem found in a snake's head, the snake-gem.

    • -बन्धः an artifice, subtle device.

    • -भुज्

      1. Masculine
      2. a peacock.
      3. a crane.
      4. a large snake.

    • -भृता the earth.

    • -मणिः a snake-gem.

    • -राजः Name of Vāsuki.

    • -लता Piper Betel (नागवल्ली); also सर्पवल्ली.

    • -विद् Masculine a conjuror, snake-charmer.

    • -विद्या, -वेदः Snakescience; सर्पदेवजनविद्यामेतद्भगवोऽध्येमि Ch. Up.7.1.2.

    • -सत्रम् a sacrifice for the destruction of serpents (performed by king Janamejaya).

    • -सत्रिन् Masculine Name of king Janamejaya; see जनमेजय.

    • -हन्

      1. m
      2. an ichneumon.
      3. Name of Garuḍa.

    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
    • सर्पाणाम्sarpāṇāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun sarpa (a serpent).
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  2. अतिसर्पणम्atisarpaṇamViolent motion or movement (of the child in the womb). गर्भसंक्रमणे वाचि मर्मणामतिसर्पणे Mb.14.17.19.

    Violent motion or movement (of the child in the womb). गर्भसंक्रमणे वाचि मर्मणामतिसर्पणे Mb.14.17.19.

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  3. अनुसर्पanusarpaA serpent-like being; reptile in general.

    A serpent-like being; reptile in general.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सर्पsarpa[sarp-á] a. (î) creeping, crawling; m. snake: pl. certain semi-divine beings (dwelling on earth, in the air…

    [sarp-á] adjective (î) creeping, crawling; masculine snake: plural certain semi-divine beings (dwelling on earth, in the air, heaven, and the lower regions).

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  2. अतिसर्पणatisarpaṇa[ati-sarpana] n. violent agitation.

    [ati-sarpana] neuter violent agitation.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सर्पsarpamf(ई)n. creeping, crawling, stealing along Gaut. (cf. पीठ-, वृक्ष-स्˚)
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender creeping, crawling, stealing along Gaut. (confer, compare पीठ-, वृक्ष-स्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    2. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) a snake, serpent, serpent-demon (confer, compare नाग; सर्पाणाम् अयनम्, "a particular annual festival"), tortuous motion fg-veda etc.
    3. masculine gender a particular constellation (when only the three unfavourable planets are situated in the three Kendras केन्द्र s) VarBr2S.
    4. masculine gender Mesua Roxburghii Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of one of the 11 Rudras रुद्र s MBh. of a Ra1kshasa राक्षस VP.
    6. masculine gender (plural) Name of a particular tribe of Mlecchas म्लेच्छ s (formerly Kshatriyas क्षत्रिय s and described as wearing beards) Hariv.
    7. masculine gender Name of the wife of a Rudra रुद्र ibidem
    8. neuter gender Equivalent to सप-सामन् quod vide ([confer, compare Greek ἑρπετόν Latin serpens; see also under √स्रिप् .])
    9. etc. see page and participle 1184, column 1 .
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  2. अग्निविसर्पagnivisarpam. spread of inflammation (in a tumour).

    masculine gender spread of inflammation (in a tumour).

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  3. अनुप्रसर्पकanuprasarpaka(La1t2y., Sch.)

    (La1t2y., Scholiast or Commentator)

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  4. अनुप्रसर्पिन्anuprasarpin(Jaim.), mfn. creeping after

    (Jaim.), masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective creeping after

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  5. अनुसंसर्पम्anusaṃsarpamind. creeping after Ka1tyS3r.

    indeclinable creeping after Ka1tyS3r.

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