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sarpa

sarpá mf(I)n. creeping, crawling, stealing along, [Gaut.] (cf. pīṭha-, vṛkṣa-s°)

sarpá m. (ifc. f(A). ) a snake, serpent, serpent-demon (cf. nāga; sarpāṇām ayanam, ‘a partic. annual festival’), tortuous motion, [RV.] &c. &c.

sarpá m. a partic. constellation (when only the three unfavourable planets are situated in the three Kendras), [VarBṛS.]

Mesua Roxburghii, [L.]

N. of one of the 11 Rudras, [MBh.] of a Rākṣasa, [VP.]

(pl.) N. of a partic. tribe of Mlecchas (formerly Kṣatriyas and described as wearing beards), [Hariv.]

sarpá n. = sapa-sāman, q.v.

[cf. Gk. ἑρπετόν Lat. serpens; see also under √ srip.]

&c. See p. 1184, col. 1.