masculine
serpent
Ahi [Vedic ahi, with Avesta ai perhaps to Latin anguis etc., see Walde Latin Wtb. sub voce ] a snake Vin II 109; D I 77; S IV 198; A III 306 f.; IV 320; V 289; Nidd I 484; Vism 345 (+ kukkura etc.); Vv-a 100; Pv-a 144. {82} -kuṇapa the carcase of a snake Vin III 68 = M I 73 = A IV 377; -gāha a snake catcher or trainer Ja VI 192; -guṇṭhika (? reading uncertain, we find as vv.ll. °guṇḍika, °guṇṭika and °kuṇḍika; the BHS paraphrase is °tuṇḍika Divy 497. In view of this uncertainty we are unable to pronounce a safe etymology; it is in all probability a dialectical; maybe non-Aryan, word. See also under kuṇḍika and guṇṭhika and cf. Morris in JPTS 1886, 153) a snake charmer Ja I 370 (°guṇḍ°); II 267; III 348 (°guṇḍ°); IV 456 (Text °guṇṭ; v.l. °kuṇḍ°) 308 (Text °kuṇḍ°, v.l. °guṇṭh°), 456 (Text °guṇṭ°; v.l. °kuṇḍ); VI 171 (Text °guṇḍ°; v.l. °kuṇḍ°); Miln 23, 305; -chattaka (neuter) "a snake's parasol", a mushroom D III 87; Ja II 95; Ud-a 399; -tuṇḍika = °guṇṭhika Vism 304, 500; -peta a Peta in form of a snake Dhp-a II 63; -mekhalā "snake-girdle", i.e. outfit or appearance of a snake Dhp-a I 139; -vātaka (-roga) name of a certain disease ("snake-wind-sickness") Vin I 78; Ja II 79; IV 200; Dhp-a I 169, 187, 231; III 437; -vijjā "snake-craft", i.e. fortune-telling or sorcery by means of snakes D I 9 (= sappa-daṭṭhatikicchana-vijjā c'eva sappavhāyana-vijjā ca "the art of healing snake bites as well as the invocation of snakes (for magic purposes)" Sv I 93).
a snake
【陽】蛇。~guṇṭhika,【陽】捕蛇者。~cchattaka,【陽】蕈。~tuṇdika,【陽】 捕蛇者。~pheṇa,【中】鴉片。
ahi a. Killing; pervaded, pervading. — hiH [ AhaMti, A-hana-iRa sa ca qit ANo TasvaSca Uṇ. 4. 137 ] 1 A serpent, snake; ahayaH savizAH sarve ( pb ) nirvizA quMqumAH smftAH Ks. 14. 84. 2 The sun. 3 The planet Rāhu. 4 A traveller. 5 The demon Vṛtra. 6 A wicked man. 7 A cheat, rogue. 8 The Aśleṣā Nakṣatra. 9 Water. 10 Earth. 11 A milch cow. 12 Lead. 13 The navel. 14 A cloud. — hI ( du. ) Heaven and earth. [ cf. , L. anguis , Gr. ehis ]. Comp. — arzu a. gliding away like a snake, not facing the enemy. — kAMtaH air, wind. — kozaH the slough of a snake. — kzatraH, -kzetraH N. of a country in the east. — gopa a. Ved. guarded by a serpent. — GnaM the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛtra. — GnI m. killing snakes. — CatraH 1 N. of a country, conquered by Arjuna and given to Droṇa. 2 a kind of vegetable poison. — (trA) 1 sugar. 2 the plant mezaSfMgI . 3 N. of the city ahicCatra . — CatrakaM a mushroom. — jit m. 1 N. of Kṛṣṇa (the slayer of the serpent Kāliya). 2 N. of Indra. — jihvA N. of a plant ( nAgajihvAlatA ). — tuMqikaH [ ahestuMqaM muKaM tena dIvyati Wan, WaY vA ] a snake-catcher, conjurer, juggler. — dviz, -druh , — mAra, -ripu, -vidviz m. 1 N. of Garuḍa. 2 an ichneumon. 3 a peacock. 4 Indra. 5 Kṛṣṇa; Ki. 4. 27 ; Śi. 1. 41. — nakulaM snakes and ichneumons. — nakulikA [ ahinakulayorvEram vun P. II. 4. 9 ] the natural antipathy between a serpent and an ichneumon. — nAmaBft m. N. of Baladeva. — nirmokaH, -nivlayanI the slough of a snake. — patAkaH a kind of snake (not venomous). — patiH 1 ‘the lord of snakes’, Vāsuki. 2 any large serpent. — putrakaH a kind of boat (serpent-shaped). — pUtanaM, -nA a kind of disease. — PenaH -naM ‘the saliva or venom of a snake’, opium. — bu (vu) DnaH , — vraDnaH, ahirbuDnaH -DnyaH 1 one of the Rudras. 2 Śiva. 3 Uttarābhādrapadā Nakṣatra. 4 a name of a Muhūrta. °devatA the twenty-sixth lunar mansion. — BayaM 1 the fear of a lurking snake. 2 apprehension of treachery, danger arising from one's own allies; °dA [ ahiM BayaM dyati KaMqayati do ka ] N. of the plant BUmyAmalakI . — BAnu a. Ved. 1 shining like serpents. 2 causing the motion of the sun ( sUryagatihetu ) as the wind; an epithet of the Maruts. — Buj m. 1 N. of Garuḍa. 2 a peacock. 3 ( pb ) ichneumon. 4 N. of a plant. — Bft m. Śiva. — manyu a. 1 having destructive anger or with unimpaired knowledge. 2 enraged like serpents; epithet of the Maruts. — (nyuH) the anger of a serpent. — mardanI N. of a plant ( gaMDanAkulI ). — mAya a. having multiform or versatile forms like a snake, showing a variety of colour and shape, such as Vṛtra. — mArakaH, -medakaH 1 N. of a plant ( arimeda ). 2 = °dviz q. v. — latA 1 the betel-nut plant. 2 N. of a plant ( gaMDanAkulI .) — Suzma a. having all-pervading strength; °satvan Ved. one whose men hiss like serpents. — sakTa a. having a long thigh like a serpent. — (kTaH) N. of a country. — hatyaM Ved. the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛtra. — han a. killing serpents or Vṛtra, Garuḍa, Indra.
(masc, masc) snake; serpent snake, serpent