jANgulI
jāṅgulī , f. ( Skt. Lex. id. ; JM. jaṅguli, AMg. jaṅgolī, id. ), ( 1 ) the science and art of curing snake-bites : Śikṣ 142.1 °lyāṃ vidyāyāṃ udāhṛtāyāṃ, a snake-charm having been recited ; but Transl. , p. 139, note 3 , reads jāṅgulyā, allegedly ‘with Tib. ’ (which is not cited), and renders when the snake charmer recites this spell against poison ; there is a stem jāṅguli, m. , snake-charmer , Skt. Lex. , but this form being fem. would have to be taken as meaning by a female snake-charmer ; ( 2 ) n. of a goddess: Sādh 177.14 etc. ; in 249.5 a personified charm (vidyā) against poison (uttamā viṣanāśanī).