alagardaḥ

alagardaḥ [Ety. ?] A water-serpent, the black variety of the Cobra de Capello (also written alagartha).

— rdā A large poisonous leech.

alagardaḥ

m. (-rdaḥ)

1. The black variety of the Cobra de Capello, (Colu-
ber naga.)

2. A large black leech.

E. a neg. laga to be with or near,
and kvip affix alaka; again, arda to go, and ac affix; not trailing
its whole length upon the ground: also alagarddha.

alagardaḥ , puṃ, (lagati spṛśati, kvip, lag, arddayati,
ardda + ac, ardaḥ, lag cāsau ardaśceti iti
lagardaḥ, lagnaḥ san pīḍaka ityarthaḥ, nirvviṣatvāt
tadbhinnaḥ .) jalasarpaḥ . jalavoḍā iti kecit .
alādha iti kecit . ityamaraṭīkāyāṃ bharataḥ ..
(saviṣo jalavyālabhedaḥ . vilakeuṭiyā iti
bhāṣā, “tatra saviṣāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ karvurā alagarddā
indrāyudhāḥ sāmudrikā gocanandāḥ ceti” . suśrute .)