nāga | नाग | nAga
nāga/ | नाग/ | m. (prob. neither fr. na-ga | न-ग | nor fr. nagna | नग्न |) a snake, (esp.) Coluber Naga, ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
(f. ī/ | ई/ |, Suparṇ.) a Nāga or serpent-demon (the race of Kadru or Su-rasā inhabiting the waters or the city Bhoga-vatī under the earth; they are supposed to have a human face with serpent-like lower extremities [see esp. Nāg. v, 17; RTL. 233 &c.]; their kings are Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka, ib. 323; 7 or 8 of the Nāgas are particularly mentioned, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; with Buddhists they are also represented as ordinary men, MWB. 220)
N. of the numbers 7 (Sūryas.) or 8 (Hcat.)
a cruel man, L.
one of the 5 airs of the human body (which is expelled by eructation), Vedāntas.
(sg. also collect.) an elephant (f(I). , ifc. f(A). ), Kāv.; BhP. etc.
the best or most excellent of any kind (ifc.), L. (cf. fśaBa | फ़्शBअ |, vyāṅra | व्याङ्र | &c.)
shark, L.
cloud, L.
N. of sev. plants (Mesua Roxburghii, Rottlera Tinctoria &c.), L.
N. of a serpent-demon, VP.
of a Sādhya, Hariv.
of a teacher, Buddh.
of a dynasty of 9 or 10 princes, VP.
of sev. authors (also -ṣarman | -षर्मन् | and -Bawwa | -Bअwwअ |), Col.
of sev. other men, Rājat.
of a mountain, Pur.
of a district, L.
= -danta | -दन्त | (below), L.
nāga/ | नाग/ | f(A and I). N. of sev. women, Rājat.
nāga/ | नाग/ | n. (m., L.) tin, lead, Bhpr.
a kind of talc, ib.
a kind of coitus, L.
N. of the 3rd invariable Karaṇa (see s.v.), Sūryas.; Var.
of the effects of that period on anything happening during it, W.
of a district of Bhārata-varṣa, Gol.
nāga/ | नाग/ | mf(A, or I)n. formed of snakes, relating to serpents or s˚-demons, snaky, serpentine, serpent-like, MBh. &c. (with āsana | आसन | n. a partic. attitude in sitting, Cat.; A f. [scil. vīṭī | वीटी |] = nāga-v˚ | नाग-व्˚ |, below, Var.)
belonging to an elephant, elephantine (as urine), Suśr.
(f. ī/ | ई/ |, Suparṇ.) a Nāga or serpent-demon (the race of Kadru or Su-rasā inhabiting the waters or the city Bhoga-vatī under the earth; they are supposed to have a human face with serpent-like lower extremities [see esp. Nāg. v, 17; RTL. 233 &c.]; their kings are Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka, ib. 323; 7 or 8 of the Nāgas are particularly mentioned, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; with Buddhists they are also represented as ordinary men, MWB. 220)
N. of the numbers 7 (Sūryas.) or 8 (Hcat.)
a cruel man, L.
one of the 5 airs of the human body (which is expelled by eructation), Vedāntas.
(sg. also collect.) an elephant (f(I). , ifc. f(A). ), Kāv.; BhP. etc.
the best or most excellent of any kind (ifc.), L. (cf. fśaBa | फ़्शBअ |, vyāṅra | व्याङ्र | &c.)
shark, L.
cloud, L.
N. of sev. plants (Mesua Roxburghii, Rottlera Tinctoria &c.), L.
N. of a serpent-demon, VP.
of a Sādhya, Hariv.
of a teacher, Buddh.
of a dynasty of 9 or 10 princes, VP.
of sev. authors (also -ṣarman | -षर्मन् | and -Bawwa | -Bअwwअ |), Col.
of sev. other men, Rājat.
of a mountain, Pur.
of a district, L.
= -danta | -दन्त | (below), L.
nāga/ | नाग/ | f(A and I). N. of sev. women, Rājat.
nāga/ | नाग/ | n. (m., L.) tin, lead, Bhpr.
a kind of talc, ib.
a kind of coitus, L.
N. of the 3rd invariable Karaṇa (see s.v.), Sūryas.; Var.
of the effects of that period on anything happening during it, W.
of a district of Bhārata-varṣa, Gol.
nāga/ | नाग/ | mf(A, or I)n. formed of snakes, relating to serpents or s˚-demons, snaky, serpentine, serpent-like, MBh. &c. (with āsana | आसन | n. a partic. attitude in sitting, Cat.; A f. [scil. vīṭī | वीटी |] = nāga-v˚ | नाग-व्˚ |, below, Var.)
belonging to an elephant, elephantine (as urine), Suśr.