cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 14]) sárpati (ep. and mc. also °te; p. sárpat [see s.v.] and sarpamāṇa; pf. sasarpa [1. du. sasṛpiva] [Br.]; aor. asṛpat, [AV.]; [Br.]; asṛpta, [Br.] &c.; asārpsīt or asrāpsīt Gr.; fut. sarptā or sraptā, [ib.]; sarpsyati, [Br.]; srapsyati, [ib.] &c.; inf. sarpitum, [MBh.] &c.; sarptum or sraptum Gr.; -sṛ́pas, [Br.]; ind.p. sṛptvā, [ib.]; -sṛ́pya, [AV.] &c.; -sarpam, [Br.] &c.), to creep, crawl, glide, slink, move gently or cautiously (sarpata, ‘depart!’, [Rājat.]), [RV.] &c. &c.; to slip into (acc.), [AitBr.]; (in ritual) to glide noiselessly and with bended body and hand in hand (esp. from the Sadas to the Bahiṣ-pavamāna), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.] : Pass. sṛpyate (aor. asarpi), to be crept &c., [MBh.] &c.: Caus. sarpayati (aor. asīsṛpat or asasarpat), to cause to creep &c. (see ava-, anu-pra-, vi-√ sṛp) : Desid. sísṛpsati (see ut-√ sṛp) : Intens. sarīsṛpyate ([AitĀr.]), sarīsarpti, p. sarīsṛpat ([BhP.]), to creep along or hither and thither, glide about &c. [cf. Gk. ἕρπω; Lat. serpere; see also sarpa.]