phaṇá m. scum, froth TBr. (cf. phena)

• (also ā f.) the expanded side of the nose, a nostril Suśr.

• (also ā f.) the expanded hood or neck of a serpent (esp. of the Coluber Nāga) MBh. Kāv. &c

• a stick shaped like a serpent's hood ŚāṅkhGṛ.

• mfn. having the fingers shaped like a serpent's hood L.