sarpá mf(ī)n. creeping, crawling stealing along Gaut. (cf. pīṭha-, vṛkṣa-s○)

• m. (ifc. f. ā) a snake, serpent, serpent-demon (cf. nāga

• sarpāṇām ayanam, 'a partic. annual festival'), tortuous motion RV. &c. &c

• a partic. constellation (when only the three unfavourable planets are situated in the three Kendras) VarBṛS

• Mesua Roxburghī L

• N. of one of the 11 Rudras MBh. of a Rākshasa VP

• (pl.) N. of a partic. tribe of Mlecchas (formerly Kshatriyas and described, is wearing beards) Hariv

• (ī), f. a female snake MBh

• N. of the wife of a Rudra ib

• n. = sapa-sāman, q.v. [Cf. Gk. ? Lat. [1184, 1] serpens

• See also under √srip.]