ahi

ahi m. (-hiḥ)

1 A snake or serpent.

2 The sun.

3 A traveller.

4 Lead.

5 The name of a demon: see vṛtrāsura.

6 A name of RĀHU, the ascending node.

E. āṅ prefixed to hana to hurt, in Uṇādi affix; injuring all or every thing, the ā of āṅ is made short.

ahi (hiḥ) 2. m. A demon serpent;
a snake; the sun; Rahu; lead;
a traveller.

ahi ahi, i. e. probably *aṃh + i

(cf. aṃhas), A snake, Kir. 5, 47. —

Comp. Andha-, m. a kind of snake.

— Cf. Lat. anguis; probably

also

ahi ahi, is, m. (fr. rt. aṃh; according to

Sāy. fr. rt. han with ā prefixed and shortened, ‘one

that destroys on all sides’), a snake; the serpent of

the sky, the demon Vṛtra; a cloud; water; lead;

a traveller; the sun; a N. of Rāhu, the ascending

node; the navel; [cf. agha and aṃhu, pp. 1, 6; Lat.

anguis; Gr. ἔχι-ς, ἔχιδνα, ἔγχε-λυς and ὄφις

Lith. ungury-s; Russ. ûgorj; Armen. ôz; Germ.

unc; Mod. Gr. ἀχέλι] —Ahi-kānta, as, m. air,

wind; (snakes being supposed to feed upon air.)

—Ahi-koṣa, as, m. the slough or cast skin of a

snake. —Ahi-kṣatra and ahi-kṣetra, as, m., N.

of a country. —Ahi-gopa, as, ā, am, Ved. guarded

by a serpent. —Ahi-ghna, am, n., Ved. the

slaying of the serpent or demon (Vṛtra) who ob-

structs the heavenly waters. —Ahi-ghnī, īs, m., Ved.

killing snakes. —Ahi-cchatra, as, m. a kind of

vegetable poison; the plant Gymnema Sylvestre (?);

N. of a country; (ā), f. sugar; the city of Ahi-

cchatra. —Ahi-cchatraka, am, n. a mushroom.

—Ahi-jit, t, m., N. of Kṛṣṇa, also of Indra.

—Ahi-tuṇḍika, as, m. a snake-catcher or ex-

hibiter; see āhituṇḍika. —Ahi-dat, an, atī, at,

or ahi-danta, as, ī, am, having the teeth of a ser-

pent. —Ahi-dviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, enemy of the serpents or

of Vṛtra; (ṭ), m. an ichneumon; a peacock; Garuḍa,

the bird of Viṣṇu; Indra. —Ahi-nakulikā, f. the

natural enmity between a snake and an ichneumon.

—Ahi-nāma-bhṛt, t, m., N. of Baladeva (as identi-

fied with Śeṣa). —Ahi-nirmoka, as, m. or ahi-

nirvlayanī, f. the cast off skin of a snake. —Ahi-

patāka, as, m. a kind of snake, not venomous.

—Ahi-pati, is, m., N. of Śeṣa, sovereign of

the snakes, also of Vāsuki and others; any large

serpent. —Ahi-putraka, as, m. a kind of boat.

—Ahi-pūtana, as, ā, m. f. sores on the hinder

part of the body (of children). —Ahi-phena, am,

n. opium, the saliva or venom of a snake [cf. 2.

a-phena]. —Ahi-bradhna, as, m., N. of Śiva; one

of the Rudras; corrupted fr. ahir-budhnyas. —Ahi-

bradhna-devatā, f. the twenty-sixth lunar mansion.

—Ahi-bhaya, as, m. fear of a lurking snake;

apprehension of treachery. —Ahibhaya-dā, f., N.

of the plant Flacourtia Cataphracta Roxb. —Ahi-

bhānu, us, us, u, Ved. shining like serpents; epithet

of the Maruts. —Ahi-bhuj, k, m. Garuḍa, the bird

of Viṣṇu; a peacock; N. of a plant. —Ahi-bhṛt,

t, m. ‘carrying serpents,’ N. of Śiva. —Ahi-manyu,

us, us, u, Ved. enraged like serpents, epithet of the

Maruts; (Sāy.) ‘endowed with destructive anger,’

or ‘with unimpaired knowledge.’ —Ahi-mardanī,

f., N. of a plant. —Ahi-māya, as, ā, am, Ved.

multiform or versatile like a snake, showing the same

variety of colour and shape. —Ahi-māra or ahi-

medaka, as, m., N. of a plant. —Ahi-ripu, us, m.

a peacock. —Ahir-budhna, as, m., N. of Śiva; cor-

rupted fr. ahir-budhnyas. —Ahirbudhna-devatā,

ās, f. pl. the twenty-sixth lunar mansion. —Ahir-

bradhna, as, m., N. of a Rudra. —Ahi-latā, f., the

plant Betel; another plant. —Ahi-locana, as, m., N.

of a servant of Śiva. —Ahi-vidaṣṭa, as, ā, am,

snake-bitten. —Ahi-vidviṣ, ṭ, m. Garuḍa; Indra.

—Ahi-śuṣmasattvan, ā, m., Ved. one whose men

(the Maruts) hiss like serpents; epithet of Indra; (ac-

cording to Sāy. ahi-śuṣma means ‘of all-pervading

strength,’ and is to be separated from sattvan.) —Ahi-

hatya, am, n. the slaying of the serpent or demon

(Vṛtra) who obstructs the heavenly waters. —Ahi-han,

ā, m., Ved. killing serpents or Vṛtra. —Ahy-arṣu,

us, us, u, Ved. gliding like a snake.

áhi, m. serpent; esp. the dragon of the sky, often identified w. the demon Vritra. [see under agha: cf. ἔχις, Lat. anguis, ‘serpent’; ἔγχελυς, Lat. anguilla, ‘cel.’]

ahi a. Killing; pervaded, pervading.

— hiḥ [āhaṃti, ā-hana-iṇa sa ca ḍit āṅo thasvaśca Uṇ. 4. 137]

1 A serpent, snake; ahayaḥ saviṣāḥ sarve (pb) nirviṣā ḍuṃḍumāḥ smṛtāḥ 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.

— hī (du.) Heaven and earth. [cf., L. anguis, Gr. ehis].

Comp.

— arṣu a. gliding away like a snake, not facing the enemy.

— kāṃtaḥ air, wind.

— koṣaḥ the slough of a snake.

— kṣatraḥ, kṣetraḥ N. of a country in the east.

— gopa a. Ved. guarded by a serpent.

— ghnaṃ the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛtra.

— ghnī m. killing snakes.

— chatraḥ

1 N. of a country, conquered by Arjuna and given to Droṇa.

2 a kind of vegetable poison. (

— trā)

1 sugar.

2 the plant meṣaśṛṃgī.

3 N. of the city ahicchatra.

— chatrakaṃ a mushroom.

— jit m.

1 N. of Kṛṣṇa (the slayer of the serpent Kāliya).

2 N. of Indra.

— jihvā N. of a plant (nāgajihvālatā).

— tuṃḍikaḥ [ahestuṃḍaṃ mukhaṃ tena dīvyati ṭhan, ṭhañ vā] a snake-catcher, conjurer, juggler.

— dviṣ, druh,

— māra, ripu, vidviṣ m.

1 N. of Garuḍa.

2 an ichneumon.

3 a peacock.

4 Indra.

5 Kṛṣṇa; Ki. 4. 27; Śi. 1. 41.

— nakulaṃ snakes and ichneumons.

— nakulikā [ahinakulayorvairam vun P. II. 4. 9] the natural antipathy between a serpent and an ichneumon.

— nāmabhṛt m. N. of Baladeva.

— nirmokaḥ, nivlayanī the slough of a snake.

— patākaḥ a kind of snake (not venomous).

— patiḥ

1 ‘the lord of snakes’, Vāsuki.

2 any large serpent.

— putrakaḥ a kind of boat (serpent-shaped).

— pūtanaṃ, nā a kind of disease.

— phenaḥ naṃ ‘the saliva or venom of a snake’, opium.

— bu (vu) dhnaḥ,

— vradhnaḥ, ahirbudhnaḥ dhnyaḥ

1 one of the Rudras.

2 Śiva.

3 Uttarābhādrapadā Nakṣatra.

4 a name of a Muhūrta. °devatā the twenty-sixth lunar mansion.

— bhayaṃ

1 the fear of a lurking snake.

2 apprehension of treachery, danger arising from one's own allies; °dā [ahiṃ bhayaṃ dyati khaṃḍayati do ka] N. of the plant bhūmyāmalakī.

— bhānu a. Ved.

1 shining like serpents.

2 causing the motion of the sun (sūryagatihetu) as the wind; an epithet of the Maruts.

— bhuj m.

1 N. of Garuḍa.

2 a peacock.

3 (pb) ichneumon.

4 N. of a plant.

— bhṛt m. Śiva.

— manyu a.

1 having destructive anger or with unimpaired knowledge.

2 enraged like serpents; epithet of the Maruts. (

— nyuḥ) the anger of a serpent.

— mardanī N. of a plant (gaṃdhanākulī).

— māya a. having multiform or versatile forms like a snake, showing a variety of colour and shape, such as Vṛtra.

— mārakaḥ, medakaḥ

1 N. of a plant (arimeda).

2 = °dviṣ q. v.

— latā

1 the betel-nut plant.

2 N. of a plant (gaṃdhanākulī.)

— śuṣma a. having all-pervading strength; °satvan Ved. one whose men hiss like serpents.

— saktha a. having a long thigh like a serpent. (

— kthaḥ) N. of a country.

— hatyaṃ Ved. the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛtra.

— han a. killing serpents or Vṛtra, Garuḍa, Indra.

áhi m. serpent, esp. the demon Vṛtra.

ahi áh-i, m. serpent; dragon, Vṛtra.

áhi m. (√ aṃh), a snake, RV. &c.

the serpent of the sky, the demon Vṛtra, RV.

(See also áhirbudhnyás below)

a cloud, Naigh.

water, ib.

the sun, L.

a N. of Rāhu, L.

a traveller, L.

the navel, L.

lead, L.

(in arithm.) the number eight

N. of a Ṛṣi (with the patron. auśanasa) and of another (with the patron. paidva).

ahi [Zd. aži; Lat. angui-s; Gk. ἔχι-ς, ἔχιδνα, ἔγχελυς, and ὄϕις; Lith. ungury-s; Russ. ûgorj; Armen. ôz; Germ. unc.]

ahi

m. (-hiḥ)

1. A snake or serpent.

2. The sun.

3. A traveller.

4.
Lead.

5. The name of a demon: see vṛtrāsura.

6. A name of RĀHU,
the ascending node.

E. āṅ prefixed to han to hurt, in Unādi affix;
injuring all or every thing, the ā of āṅ is made short.

ahi a. Killing; pervaded, pervading. -hiḥ [āhanti, ā-han-iṇ sa ca ḍit āṅo hrasvaśca Uṇ.4.137] 1 A serpent, snake; ahayaḥ saviṣāḥ sarve nirviṣā ḍuṇḍumāḥ smṛtāḥ Ks.14.84. -2 The sun. -3 The planet Rāhu. -4 A traveller -5 The demon Vṛitra; romaharṣaṇamatyugraṃ śakrasya tvahinā yathā (yuddhamāsīt) Mb.11.23.12. -6 A wicked man. -7 A cheat, rogue. -8 The Āśleṣā Nakṣatra. -9 Water. -10 Earth. -11 A milch cow. -12 Lead. -13 The navel. -14 A cloud. ahirvṛtrāsure sarpe... ca durjane | Nm. -hī (du.) Heaven and earth. [cf., L. anguis, Gr. ehis]. -Comp. -arṣu a. gliding away like a snake, not facing the enemy. -kāntaḥ air, wind. -koṣaḥ the slough of a snake. -kṣatraḥ, -kṣetraḥ N. of a country in the east. -gopa a. Ved. guarded by a serpent; dāsapatnīrahigopā atiṣṭhan Rv.1.32.11. -ghnam the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛitra. anu tvāhighne adha deva devā Rv.6.18.14. -ghnī m. killing snakes. -cakram A certain Tantric diagram. -cchatraḥ 1 N. of a country, conquered by Arjuna and given to Droṇa. -2 a kind of vegetable poison. (-traḥ) 1 sugar. -2 the plant meṣaśṛṅgī. -3 (Mar. baḍīśepa) -4 N. of the city ahicchatra. -chatrakam a mushroom; Nir.5.16. -cchatrakaḥ A variety of inferior gems. Kau. A.2.11. -jit m. 1 N. of Kṛiṣṇa (the slayer of the serpent Kāliyā). -2 N. of Indra. -jihvā N. of a plant (nāgajihvālatā; Mar. mahāśatāvarī or śveta upaḻasarī) -tuṇḍikaḥ [ahestuṇḍa mukhaṃ tena dīvyati ṭhan, ṭhañ vā] a snake-catcher, conjurer, juggler. kusīdavṛttayaḥ kāṇḍakāriṇaścāhi- tuṇḍikāḥ Śiva. B.31.22. -devam N. of the Nakṣatra āśleṣā. -dviṣ, -druh, -māra, -ripu, -vidviṣ m. 1 N. of Garuḍa. -2 an ichneumon. -3 a peacock. -4 Indra. drutaṃ dhanuṣkhaṇḍamivāhividviṣaḥ Ki.4.27; ahidviṣastadbhavatā niśamya- tām Śi.1.41. -5 Kṛiṣṇa. -nakulam snakes and ichneumons. -nakulikā [ahinakulayorvairam vun P.II.4.9, P.IV.3.125] the natural antipathy between a serpent and an ichneumon. -nāmabhṛt m. N. of Baladeva. -nirmokaḥ, -nirvlayanī the slough of a snake. -patākaḥ a kind of snake (not venomous). -patiḥ 1 'the lord of snakes', Vāsuki; sajjaṃ dhanurvahati yo'hipatisthavīyaḥ Ki.14.71. -2 any large serpent. -putrakaḥ a kind of boat (serpent shaped). -puṣpaḥ The plant Mesua Roxburghii (Mar. nāgakeśara). -pūtanam, -nā a kind of disease. -phenaḥ, -nam 'the saliva or venom of a snake', opium. jātīphalaṃ mātulānīmahiphenaṃ ca patrakam Śiva. B.30.15. -bu (vu) dhnaḥ, -bradhnaḥ, -ahirbudhnaḥ, -dhnyaḥ 1 one of the Rudras. -2 Śiva. -3 Uttarābhādrapadā Nakṣatra. -4 a name of a Muhūrta. ˚devatā the twenty-sixth lunar mansion. -dviṣ N. of a plant (Mar. muṃgusavela). -bījam (Mar. khasakhasa). -bhayam 1 the fear of a lurking snake. -2 apprehension of treachery, danger arising from one's own allies; ˚dā [ahiṃ bhayaṃ dyati khaṇḍayati do ka] N. of the plant bhūmyāmalakī (Mar. bhuyaāṃvaḻī). -bhānu a. Ved. 1 shining like serpents. -2 causing the motion of the sun (sūryagatihetu) as the wind; an epithet of the Maruts; maruto ahibhānavaḥ Rv.1.175.1. -bhuj m. 1 N. of Garuḍa. -2 a peacock. -3 ichneumon. -4 N. of a plant (Mar. muṃgusavela). m. Śiva. -manyu a. 1 having destructive anger; with unimpaired knowledge. -2 enraged like serpents; epithet of the Maruts. (-nyuḥ) the anger of a serpent. -mardanī N. of a plant (gandhanākulī; Mar. muṃgusavela). -māya a. having multiform or versatile forms like a snake, showing a variety of colour and shape, such as Vṛitra. -mārakaḥ, -medakaḥ 1 N. of a plant (arimeda; Mar. gandhīhivara) -2 = ˚dviṣ q. v. -latā 1 the betel-nut plant. -2 N. of a plant (gandhanākulī.) -viṣāpahā f. 'Neutralizing the poison of snakes', The ichneumon plant (Mar. muṃgusavela). -śuṣma a. having all pervading strength; ˚satvan Ved. one whose men hiss like serpents (N. of Indra); āsmāñjagamyādahiśuṣma satvā Rv.5.33.5. -saktha n. having a long thigh like a serpent. (-kthaḥ) N. of a country. -hatyam Ved. the slaying of the serpent or demon Vṛitra. -han a. Killing serpents or Vṛitra, Garuḍa, Indra.

ahi ahi m. (aṃh) serpent.

Vd. le nuage personnifié, Ahi.

Surnom de Rāhu.

Voyageur.

Gr. ; lat. anguis.

ahikā f. bombax heptaphyllum, cotonnier.

ahikānta m. (kam) vent [aimé des serpents].

ahicchatra m. (chatra) esp. de plante; cf. meṣaśṛṅgī.

ahijit m. (ji) le vainqueur d'Ahi, Indra.

ahituṇḍika m. (tuṇḍ) preneur ou montreur de serpents, charlatan, jongleur.

ahidviṣ m. (dviṣ) paon; ichneumon, mangouste.

Indra; Kṛṣṇa.

ahinakulikā f. (nakula) haine instinctive de l'ichneumon et du serpent.

ahiputraka m. (putra) esp. de long bateau.

ahibradhna m. surnom des Rudras, de Śiva.

ahibhaya n. (bhī) m à m. crainte qu'il n'y ait un serpent caché, c-à-d. soupçon, défiance.

ahibhuj m. (bhuj manger) paon; garuḍa.

ahīraṇi m. esp. de serpent, peut-être l'amphisbène.

ahi- m. serpent.

°kṣatra- °cchattra- m. n. d'une contrée.

°dviṣ- m. Indra; °vidviṣ- id.

°nirvlayanī- f. peau rejetée par le serpent en mue.

°pati- m. Śeṣa.

ahī-raṇī- f. n. d'un serpent à deux têtes; °ramaṇī- id.

ahir-budhnya- m. n. d'un Rudra; pl. les Rudra.

°bradhna- m. id.

áhi m. Uṇ. 4, 139 (ahí, vgl. P. 6, 2, 48, Sch.).

1) Schlange, Natter, ἔχις AK. 1, 2, 1, 7. 3, 4, 3, 24. H. 1302. an. 2, 596. MED. h. 2. HĀR. 15. f. ahi oder ahī́ (s. d.) gaṇa vahvādi zu P. 4, 1, 45. ahìrna jū̀rṇāmatî sarpatì tvacâm ṚV. 9, 86, 44. 7, 104, 9. VS. 6, 12. AV. 4, 3, 4. 6, 12, 1. 56, 1. 67, 2. 6, 139, 5. ŚAT. BR. 2, 3, 1, 6. 5, 2, 47. 4, 4, 5, 23. M. 2, 79. 3, 9. 11, 68. 228. 240. 12, 57. HIT. Pr. 27. I, 158. ŚĀK. 183. ahayaḥ saviṣāḥ sarve nirviṣā duṇḍubhāḥ KATHĀS. 14, 84. ahijihmatā R. 2, 43, 2. ahinakulam die Schlange und das Ichneumon P. 2, 4, 9, Sch. — die Schlange am Himmel, der Dämon Vṛtra (deshalb NAIGH. 1, 10 durch Wolke, 22 durch Wasser erklärt) AK. 3, 4, 240. TRIK. 2, 8, 22. H. an. MED. ahânnenaṃ prathamàjāmahī̂nām ṚV. 1, 32, 3. 5. vṛ̀traṃ yadîndrà śavàsāvâdhī̀rahîm 51, 4. 52, 10. 80, 1. 103, 2. 7. 187, 6. ahîmàpaḥ pârìṣṭhāṃ hàtho vṛ̀tram 6, 72, 3. Ueber ahirbudhnyaḥ s. u. budhnya .

— 2) Nabel (udarāvarta) HĀR. 263.

— 3) Reisender.

— 4) Sonne.

— 5) Rāhu ANEKĀRTHADHV. im ŚKDR.

— 6) vapra H. an. Blei WILS.

ahi

7) N. pr. eines Ṛṣi Ind. St.3,204,b. auśanasa 460, 1. aheḥ paidvasya sāma 204,b.

— Vgl. mahāhi .

áhi, m., Schlange [Cu. 172], von der Wurzel 1. ah (gr. ἄγχω) in der Bedeutung „schnüren, würgen”, wobei man also zunächst an Schlangen wie die Riesenschlange zu denken hat. So wird namentlich der Dämon Vritra häufig als Schlange bezeichnet ({32,1—5. 8. 13. 14}; {51,4}; {52,10}; {80,1. 13}; {103,2. 7}; {187,6}; {202,5}; u. s. w.), so auch der Blitz ({922,4}). Insbesondere 2) áhir budhnías, mythisch, der Drache der Tiefe, der in der Tiefe des Dunstkreises haust und göttlich verehrt wird.

-is {32,5. 8. 13}; {79,1}; {516,14}; {798,44}. — 2) {186,5}; {222,6}; {395,16}; {490,14}; {491,14}; {550,17}; {551,13}; {554,5}; {890,4}; {892,11}; {918,12}; {919,5}.

-im {32,1. 2}; {51,4}; {80,1. 13}; {103,2. 7}; {187,6}; {202,5}; {203,3. 11}; {206,1}; {210,2}; {266,11}; {267,7}; {313,7}; {315,2. 3. 9}; {318,5}; {324,1}; {383,2. 3. 8}; {384,6}; {385,7}; {386,2}; {458,9. 10}; {461,2}; {471,4}; {513,3}; {550,16}; {554,7}; {623,20}; {702,2}; {893,12}; {922,4}; {939,8}; {959,2}.

-inā {202,2}; {313,1}; {537,3}; {937,9}; {939,3}. — 2) {351,6}.

-aye {385,4}; {620,9}; {705,5}.

-es [Ab.] {874,2} (ádhi).

-es [G.] yātā́ram {32,14}; svanā́t {52,10}; tviṣás {702,14}.

-ayas {929,15}.

-īnām prathamajā́m {32,3. 4}; dákṣam {965,6}.

áhi m.

— 1) Schlange , Natter.

— 2) die Schlange am Himmel , der Dämon Vṛtra.

— 3) *Wolke.

— 4) *Wasser.

— 5) *die Sonne.

— 6) *Bein. Rāhu's.

— 7) *Reisender.

— 8) *Nabe.

— 9) *Blei.

— 10) Bez. der Zahl acht GAṆIT. 2,10.

— 11) N.pr. verschiedener Ṛṣi.

áhi m. Schlange, bes. Vṛtra.

ahi m. (r. aṃh ire s. i) serpens (lat. anguis, gr.

et cum aspiratae saepe inter se permutentur; lith.

ungury-s, russ. ûgorj anguilla; ita nostrum Aal convenit

cum scr. vyāla serpens).

ahi;
viṣadharadandaśūkapavanāśanasarpasarīsṛporugavyāla-
bhujagabhujaṅgakumbhīnasapannaganāgabhoginaḥ .
ahiphaṇabhṛtpṛdākukākodarakañcukicakrigūḍhapād,
dvirasanakādraveyadarvīkaradṛkśrutayo bhujaṅgamāḥ .. 640 ..
āśīviṣo dīrghapṛṣṭhaḥ kuṇḍalī jihmagaḥ smṛtaḥ .
3.1.1.640

ahi pu0 āhanti ā + hana + ḍin ṭilopaḥ āṅo hrasvaśca .
1 sarpe, lokaprasiddhasarpabhedādi suśrute darśitam .
“aśītistveva sarpāṇāṃ bhidyate pañjadhā tu sā” . “darvvī-
karā maṇḍalino rājimantastayaiva ca . nirvviṣā vaika-
rañjāśca trividhāste punaḥ smṛtāḥ .. darvvīkarā maṇḍalino
rājimantaśca pannagāḥ . teṣu darvvīkarā jñeyā viṃśatiḥ
ṣaṭcapannagāḥ . dvāviṃśatirmaṇḍalino rājimantastathā daśa .
nirvviṣā dvādaśa jñeyā vaikarañjāstrayastathā . vaikarañjodbhavāḥ
sapta citrāmaṇḍalirājilāḥ . padābhimṛṣṭā duṣṭā vā
kruddhā grāsārthino'pi vā . te daśanti mahākrodhāstaddhi
trividhamucyate . sarpitaṃ raditaṃ vāpi tṛtīyamatha nirvvi-
ṣam . sarpāṅgābhihataṃ kecidicchanti khalu tadvidaḥ .
padāni yatra dantānāmekaṃ dve vā bahūni ca .. nimagnānya-
lparaktāni yānyuddhṛtya karoti hi . cañcumālakayuktāni
vaikṛtyakaraṇāni ca . saṅkṣiptāni saśophāni vidyāttat
sarpitaṃ bhiṣak . rājyaḥ salohitā yatra nīlāḥ pītāḥ
sitāstathā . vijñeyaṃ raditaṃ tattu jñeyamalpaviṣañca tat .
aśophamalpaduṣṭāsṛk prakṛtisthasya dehinaḥ . padaṃ padāni
vā vidyādaviṣaṃ taccikitsakaḥ . sarpaspṛṣṭasya bhīrorhibha-
yena kupito'nilaḥ . kasyacid kurute śophaṃ sarpāṅgābhi-
hatantu tat . vyādhitodvignadaṣṭāni jñeyānyalpaviṣāṇi
tu . tathātivṛddhabālātidaṣṭamalpaviṣaṃ smṛtam . suparṇa-
devabrahmarṣiyakṣasiddhaniṣevite .. viṣaghnauṣadhiyukte ca deśe
na kramate viṣam . rathāṅgalāṅgalacchatrasvastikāṅku-
śadhāriṇaḥ .. jñeyādarvvīkarāḥ sarpāḥ phaṇinaḥ śīghra-
gāminaḥ . maṇḍalairvividhaiścitrāḥ pṛthavo mandagāminaḥ ..
jñeyā maṇḍalinaḥ sarpā jvalanārkasamaprabhāḥ . snigdhā
vividhavarṇāmistiyyugūrddhvantu rājibhiḥ .. citritā iva
ye bhānti rājimantastu te smṛtāḥ . muktārūpyaprabhā
ye ca kapilā ye ca pannagāḥ .. sugandhinaḥ savarṇā-
bhāste jātyā brāhmaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ . kṣatriyāḥ snigdha-
varṇāstu pannagā bhṛśakopanāḥ .. sūryyacandrākṛti cchatnaṃ
lakṣma teṣāṃ tathāmbujam . kṛṣṇā vajranibhā ye ca lohitā
varṇatastathā . dhūmrāḥ pārāvatābhāśca vaiśyāste pannagāḥ
smṛtāḥ .. mahiṣadvīpivarṇṇābhāstathaiva paruṣatvacaḥ . bhinna-
varṇāśca ye kecicchūdrāste parikīrttitāḥ .. kopayantyanilaṃ
jantoḥ phaṇinaḥ sarvva eva tu . pittaṃ maṇḍalinaścāpi
kaphañcānekarājayaḥ .. apatyasamavarṇābhyāṃ dvidoṣakaralakṣaṇam .
jñeyau doṣaiśca dampatyorviśeṣaścātra vakṣyate .. rajanyāḥ
paścime yāme sarpāścitrāścaranti hi . śeṣeṣūktā maṇḍa-
lino divā darvvīkarāḥ smṛtāḥ .. darvvīkarāstu taruṇā
vṛddhā maṇḍalinastathā . rājimanto vayomadhye jāyante
mṛtyuhetavaḥ .. nakulākulitā bālā vāriviprahatāḥ
kṛśāḥ . vṛddhā muktatvaco bhītāḥ sarpāstvalpaviṣāḥ smṛtāḥ .
tatra darvvīkarāḥ . kṛṣṇasarpo hāhākṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇodaraḥ śveta-
kapoto mahākapoto valāhako mahāsarpaḥ śaṅkhapālo
lohitākṣo gavedhukaḥ parisarpaḥ khaṇḍaphaṇaḥ kakuda-
padmo mahāpadmo darbhapuṣpo dadhimukhaḥ puṇḍarīko bhrukuṭī-
mukho viṣkiraḥ puṣpābhikīrṇo girisarpa ṛjusarpaḥ śveto-
daro mahāśirā alagarddo āśīviṣa iti .. maṇḍa-
linastu . ādarśamaṇḍalaḥ śvetamaṇḍalo raktamaṇḍalaści-
tramaṇḍalaḥ pṛṣato rodhrapuṣpo milindako gonaso vṛddha-
gonasaḥ panaso mahāpanaso veṇupatrakaḥ śiśuko madanaḥ
pāliṃhiraḥ piṅgalastantukaḥ puṣpapāṇḍuḥ ṣaḍago'gnikī
babhnuḥ kaṣāyaḥ kaluṣaḥ pārāvato hastābharaṇaścitraka eṇī-
pada iti .. rājimantastu . puṇḍarīko rājicitro-
'ṅgularājirvindurājiḥ kardamakastṛṇaśoṣakaḥ sarṣapakaḥ
śvetahanurdarbhapuṣpaścakrako godhūmakaḥ kikkisāda iti ..
nirvviṣāstu . galagolī śūkapatro'jagaro divyako
varṣāhikaḥ puṣpaśakalī jyotīrathaḥ kṣīrikāpuṣpako'ndhā
hiko'hipatākogaurāhiko vṛkṣeśaya iti . vaikara-
ñjāstu trayāṇāṃ darvvīkarādīnāṃ vyatikarājjātāḥ .
tadyathā . mākuliḥ poṭagalaḥ snigdharājiriti . tatra
kṛṣṇasarpeṇa gonasyāṃ vaiparītyena vā jāto mākuliḥ .
rājilena gonasyāṃ vaiparītyena vā jātaḥ poṭagalaḥ .
kṛṣṇasarpeṇa rājimatyāṃ vaiparītyena vā jātaḥ snigdharāji-
riti . teṣāmādyasya pitṛvadviṣotkarṣo dvayormātṛvadityeke .
trayāṇāṃ vaikarañjānāṃ punardivyelakarodhrapuṣpakarājicitrakāḥ
poṭagalaḥ puṣpābhikīrṇo darbhapuṣpo vellitakaḥ sapta teṣā-
mādyāstrayo rājilavat śeṣā maṇḍalivat . evameteṣāṃ
sarpāṇāmaśītiriti . tatra mahānetrajihvāsyaśirasaḥ
pumāṃsaḥ, sūkṣmanetrajihvāsyaśirasaḥ striyaḥ . ubhaya-
lakṣaṇāmandaviṣā akrodhā napuṃsakā” iti . teṣāṃ
bahūni purāṇe nāmānyuktāni teṣāṃ pradhānyato bhārate kati-
ciduktāni “bahutvānnāmadheyāni pannagānāṃ tapodhana! . na
kīrttayiṣye sarvveṣāṃ prāghānyena tu me śṛṇu . śeṣaḥ prathamato
jāto vāsukistadanantaram . airāvatastakṣakaśca karkīṭakadhana-
ñjayau . kāliyo maṇināgaśca nāgaścāpūraṇastathā . nāgastathā
piñjaraka elāpatro'tha vāmanaḥ . nīlānīlau tathā nāgau
kalmāṣaśavalau tathā . āryyakaścograkaścaiva nāgaḥ kalaśa-
potakaḥ . surāmukho dadhimukhastathā vimalapiṇḍakaḥ .
āptaḥ karoṭakaścaiva śaṅkho vāliśikhastathā . niṣṇānako
hemaguho nahuṣaḥ piṅgalastathā . bāhyakarṇo hastipadastathā
mudgarapiṇḍakaḥ . kambalāśvatarau cāpi nāgaḥ kālīyakastathā
vṛttasaṃvarttakau nāgau dvau ca padmāviti śrutau . nāgaḥ śaṅkha-
mukhaścaiva tathā kuṣmāṇḍako'paraḥ . kṣemakaśca tathā nāgo
nāgaḥ piṇḍārakastathā . karavīraḥ puṣpadaṃṣṭro vilvako
vilvapāṇḍaraḥ . mūṣakādaḥ śaṅkhaśirāḥ pūrṇabhadro haridrakaḥ .
aparājito jyotikaśca pannagaḥ śrīvahastathā . kauravyo
dhṛtarāṣṭraśca śaṅkhapiṇḍaśca vīryyavān . virajāśca subāhuśca śāli-
piṇḍaśca vīryyavān . hastipiṇḍaḥ piṭharakaḥ sumukhaḥ kauṇa-
pāśanaḥ . kuṭharaḥ kuñjaraścaiva tathā nāgaḥ pramākaraḥ . kumudaḥ
kusudākṣaśca tittirirhalikastathā . karddamaśca mahānāgo
nāgaśca bahumūlakaḥ . karkarākarkarau nāgau kuṇḍodaramaho-
darau . ete prādhānyato nāgāḥ kīrttitā dvijasattama! .
bahutvānnāmadheyānāmitare nānukīrttitāḥ . eteṣāṃ prasavo
yaśca prasavasya ca santatiḥ . asaṃkhyeyeti matyā tānna
vravīmi tapodhana! . bahūnīha sahasāṇi prayutānyarvvudāni .
ca . aśakyānyeva saṃkhyātuṃ pannagānāṃ tapodhana! bhā0 ā0
35 a0 . “ahiparikarabhājo bhāsmanairaṅgarāgaiḥ”
māghaḥ . mahato'pyenasomāsāttvacevāhirvimucyate” “na
pakṣyahipreṣyanāmnīṃ na ca bhīṣaṇanāmikām” lūtāhi
śaraṭānāñca tiraścāṃ cāmbucāriṇamiti” ca manuḥ . 3 sūryye,
in 4 rāhau, 5 pathike, aha—vyāptau in . 6 vṛtrāsure tasya
sarvvalokavyāpakatvāttannāmakatvam sa ca viśvarūpapitu-
stvaṣṭuḥputraḥ tadutpattikathā bhāga0 6 ska0 9 a0 “hataputra-
statastvaṣṭā juhāvendrāya śatrave . indraśatro! vibarddhvasva
mā ciraṃ jahi vidviṣam . athānvāhāryyacanādutthito
ghoradarśanaḥ . kṛtānta iva lokānāṃ yugāntasamaye yathā .
viṣvagvivarddhabhānaṃ tamiṣumānaṃ dinedine . dagdhaśaila
pratīkāśaṃ sandhyābhrānīkavarccasam .. taptatāmraśikhā-
śmaśruṃ madhyāhnārkogralocanam . dedīpyamāne triśikhe śūla
āropya rodasī .. atyantamunnayantañca cālayantaṃ padā mahīm .
darīgambhīravaktreṇa pivatā ca nabhastalam .. lihatā jihvaya-
rkṣāṇi grasatā bhuvanatrayam . mahatā raudradaṃṣṭreṇa jṛmbha-
māṇaṃ muhurmūhuḥ . vitrastādudruvurlokāvīkṣya sarvve diśo-
diśa .. yenāvṛtāime lokāstapasā tvāṣṭramūrttinā . sarvve-
vṛtra iti proktaḥ pāpaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ” .. 7 khale, 8 vañcake,
9 sarpasvāmike aśleṣānakṣatre ca . “mṛdugaṇastīkṣṇo'hi rudre-
ndrayuk” jyo0 . “drutaṃ dhanuḥkhaṇḍamivāhidviviṣaḥ” kirā0 .
“adviṣastadbhavatā niśamyatām” māghaḥ . 10 āhantari tri0
“ahirasi budhnyaḥ” tāṇḍya0 . ahirāhantāriprabhṛtīnām”
mā0 . aha—vyāptau in . 11 jale mahīvyāpitvāttattvam
12 vyāpake 13 vyāpte ca tri0 . 14 dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ dvi0 va0
15 pṛthivyāṃ 1 6 strīgavyāñca strī vā ṅīp nāganāmatvāt
tajjātatvācca 17 sīse dhātau . tasyotpattyādikam bhāvapra0
“dṛṣṭvā bhogisutāṃ ramyāṃ vāsukistu vyamocayat” vīryyaṃ
jātastato nāgaḥ sarvarogāpahonṛṇām” sīsaṃ badhnaṃ tathā
vapraṃyogeṣṭaṃ nāganāmakam (nāgobhujaśaḥ) sīsaṃ raṅgaguṇaṃ jñeyaṃ
viśeṣānmehanāśanam . nāgastu nāgaśatatulyabalaṃ dadāti
vyādhiṃ vināśayati jīvanamātanoti . vahniṃ pradīpayati
kāmabalaṃ karoti mṛtyuṃ ca nāśayati santatasevitaḥ saḥ .
pākena hīnau kila vaṅganāgau kuṣṭhāni guṇmāṃśca tathā-
tikaṣṭam . pāṇḍupramehānilamādaśothabhagandarādīn kurutaḥ
prabhuktau” tasya pākavidhimāha tatraiva . tāmbūlarasa
saṃpiṣṭaśilālepāt punaḥ punaḥ . dvātriṃśadbhiḥ puṭairnāgo
nirūpyaṃ bhasma jāyate . (śilā manaḥśilā) anyacca .
“aśvatthaciñcātvakcūrṇṇaṃ caturthāśena nikṣipet . tatpātre
vidruto nāgo lohadarvyā pracālitaḥ . yāmaikena bhavedbhasma
tattulyā syānmanaḥśilā . kāñjikena dvayaṃ ghṛṣṭvā pacet
dṛḍhapuṭena tam . svāṅgaśītaṃ punaḥ piṣṭvā śilayā kāñjikena
ca . punaḥ pacet sametābhyāmevaṃ ṣaṣṭipuṭairmṛtiḥ” .

Ahi. — This word occurs frequently from the Rigveda¹

onwards to denote ‘snake.’ Reference is several times² made

to its casting its slough. Mention is also made of the serpent's

peculiar movement,³ which earns for it the designation⁴ of

‘the toothed rope’ (datvatī rajjuḥ). The poisonous character

of its bite is spoken of,⁵ as well as the torpidity of the reptile

in winter, when it creeps into the earth.⁶ The cast skin is

used as an amulet against highwaymen.⁷ Mention is made of

a mythical horse, Paidva, which the Aśvins gave to Pedu as

a protection against snakes,⁸ and which is invoked as a

destroyer of serpents.⁹ The ichneumon (nakula) is regarded

as their deadly enemy, and as immune against their poison

through the use of a healing plant,¹⁰ while men kill them with

sticks¹¹ or strike off their heads.¹²

Many species of snakes are mentioned: see Aghāśva,

Ajagara, Asita, Kaṅkaparvan, Karikrata, Kalmāṣagrīva,

Kasarṇīla, Kumbhīnasa, Tiraścarāji, Taimāta, Darvi, Daśo-

nasi, Puṣkarasāda, Pṛdāku, Lohitāhi, Śarkoṭa, Śvitra, Sarpa. [Footnote] 1) vii. 104, 7, etc. The word sarpa,

which is usual in the Atharvaveda,

occurs only once (x. 16, 6) in the Rv. [Footnote] 2) Rv. ix. 86, 44; Av. i. 27; Satapatha

Brāhmaṇa, xi. 2, 6, 13; Bṛhadāraṇyaka

Upaniṣad, iv. 4, 10; Jaiminīya Brāh-

maṇa, i. 9. ii. 139; Kāṭhaka Upaniṣad,

ii. 6; 17. [Footnote] 3) Aitareya Āraṇyaka, v. 1, 4. [Footnote] 4) Av. iv. 3, 2. [Footnote] 5) Rv. vii. 104. 7; Av. x. 4, 4 et seq.;

6, 56. [Footnote] 6) Av. xii. 1, 46. [Footnote] 7) Av. i. 27. [Footnote] 8) Rv. i. 117-119 [Footnote] 9) Av. x. 4, 6. 10. [Footnote] 10) Av. vi. 139, 5; viii. 7, 23. [Footnote] 11) Av. x. 4, 9. [Footnote] 12) Av. vi. 67, 2. See Zimmer, Altin-

disches Leben, 94, 95.

(56) ‘ahi gatau’ (I-bhvādiḥ-635-saka-seṭ. ātmanepadī)

‘ahi pliha vakragatau’ iti kāśakṛtsnadhātupāṭhe paṭhyate—iti kṣīrasvāmī .

⁴ aṃhakaḥ-hikā, aṃhakaḥ-hikā, añji ⁵ hiṣakaḥ-ṣikā;

aṃhitā-trī, aṃhayitā-trī, añjihiṣitā-trī;

aṃhayan-ntī, aṃhayiṣyan-ntī-tī; --

aṃhamānaḥ, aṃhayamānaḥ, añjihiṣamāṇaḥ;

aṃhiṣyamāṇaḥ, aṃhayiṣyamāṇaḥ, añjihiṣiṣyamāṇaḥ;

an-aṃhau-aṃhaḥ; — --

aṃhitaḥ-taṃ, aṃhitaḥ, añjihiṣitaḥ—tavān;

aṃhaḥ, aṃhaḥ, añjihiṣuḥ, añjihayiṣuḥ;

aṃhitavyam, aṃhayitavyam, añjihiṣitavyam;

aṃhanīyam, aṃhanīyam, añjihiṣaṇīyam;

aṃhyam, aṃhyam, añjihiṣyam;

īṣadaṃhaḥ, duraṃha, svaṃhaḥ; — --

aṃhyamānaḥ, aṃhyamānaḥ, añjihiṣyamāṇaḥ;

aṃhaḥ, aṃhaḥ, añjihiṣaḥ;

aṃhitum, aṃhayitum, añjihiṣitum;

aṃhā ¹, aṃhanā, añjihiṣā ^A, añjihayiṣā;

aṃhanam, aṃhanam, añjihiṣaṇam;

aṃhitvā, aṃhayitvā, añjihiṣitvā;

samaṃhya, samaṃhya, samañjihiṣya;

aṃham 2, aṃhitvā 2, aṃham 2, aṃhayitvā 2, añjihiṣam 2, añjihiṣitvā 2; ² aṃhaḥ-aṃhasī.

[Footnote]4. ‘idito num dhātoḥ’ (7-1-58) iti num .

[Footnote]5. ‘na ndrāḥ saṃyogādayaḥ’ (6-1-3) iti dvitvaniṣedho nakārasya . ‘kuhoścuḥ’ (7-4-62)

iti cutve, ‘anusvārasya yayi’ (8-4-58) iti parasavarṇaḥ .

[Footnote]1. ‘gurośca halaḥ’ (3-3-103) iti

apratyayaḥ .

[Footnote]A. ‘āṃhiṣṭa jātāñjihiṣastadā'sau

utkaṇṭhamāno bharato gurūṇām ..’ bha.

kā. (3-25) jātā añjihiṣā yasya

sa iti bahuvrīhiḥ .

[Footnote]2. auṇādikaḥ asunpratyayaḥ . pāpamarthaḥ .

‘kaluṣaṃ vṛjinainoghamaṃhoduritaduṣkṛ-

tam .’ ityamaraḥ .

(57) “ahi bhāṣārthaḥ” (X-curādiḥ-1798. aka. se. ubha.)

“ahi bhāsārthaḥ” iti kṣīrasvāmī .

iditkaraṇasāmarthyāt ṇico vaikalpikatvam . ṇicpakṣe, ṇijabhāvapakṣe

ca, pūrvoktabhauvādikāṃhati (56) vadrūpāṇi jñeyāni . paraṃ tu, asya dhātoḥ

ṇijabhāvapakṣe ‘śeṣāt kartari parasmaipadam’ (1-3-78) iti parasmaipaditvameva .

tadānīṃ śatari-aṃhan-ntī, aṃhiṣyan-ntī-tī; ^A duraṃhaḥ, iti rūpāṇi .

ṇyantāt sani tu--

añji ¹ hayiṣakaḥ-ṣikā; añjihayiṣyam;

īṣadañjihayiṣaḥ-ityādi;

añjihayiṣitā-trī; añjihayiṣyamāṇaḥ;

añjihayiṣan-ntī; añjihayiṣaḥ;

añjihayiṣiṣyan-ntī-tī; añjihayiṣā;

añjihayiṣamāṇaḥ; añjihayiṣitum;

añjihayiṣiṣyamāṇaḥ; añjihayiṣaṇam;

añjihayiṣitaḥ-tavān; añjihayiṣitvā;

añjihayiṣuḥ; samañjihayiṣya;

añjihayiṣitavyam; añjihayiṣam 2; añjihayiṣitvā 2;

añjihayiṣaṇīyam; ityādirūpāṇīti viśeṣaḥ .

[Footnote]A. “vīryaṃ duraṃhamabhiraṃhaya maṃhayābhāṃ maugdhyaṃ pralaṇḍaya ca toḍaya nirbhayatvam . saṃnāḍayantya

iti pūritarojaśaṅkā nāryo hareḥ samarakelimasiṣvadanta ..” dhā. kā. 3-47.

[Footnote]1. ‘na ndrāḥ saṃyogādayaḥ’ (6-1-3) iti nakārasya dvitvaniṣedhaḥ . ‘kuhoścuḥ’ (7-4-62)

iti cutvam . anusvāraḥ . parasavarṇaśca .

ahi (IE 7-1-2), ‘eight’.