नाग [ nāga ] [ nāgá ] m. ( prob. neither fr. [ na-ga ] nor fr. [ nagna ] ) a snake , (esp.) Coluber Naga Lit. ŚBr. Lit. MBh.

(f. [ ī́ ] Lit. 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. Lit. Nāg. v , 17 Lit. RTL. 233 ) ; their kings are Śesha , Vāsuki , and Takshaka Lit. ib. 323 ; 7 or 8 of the Nāgas are particularly mentioned Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; with Buddhists they are also represented as ordinary men Lit. MWB. 220)

N. of the numbers 7 ( Lit. Sūryas.) or 8 ( Lit. Hcat.)

a cruel man Lit. L.

one of the 5 airs of the human body (which is expelled by eructation) Lit. Vedântas.

(sg. also collect.) an elephant (f ( [ ī ] ) . , ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) Lit. Kāv. Lit. BhP. etc.

the best or most excellent of any kind (ifc.) Lit. L. ( cf. [ ṛṣabha ] , [ vyāghra ] )

shark Lit. L.

cloud Lit. L.

N. of sev. plants (Mesua Roxburghii , Rottlera Tinctoria ) Lit. L.

N. of a serpent-demon Lit. VP.

of a Sādhya Lit. Hariv.

of a teacher Lit. Buddh.

of a dynasty of 9 or 10 princes Lit. VP.

of sev. authors ( also [ -śarman ] and [ -bhaṭṭa ] ) Lit. Col.

of sev. other men Lit. Rājat.

of a mountain Lit. Pur.

of a district Lit. L.

= [ -danta ] (below) Lit. L.

[ nāga ] f. . N. of sev. women Lit. Rājat.

[ nāgī ] f. N. of a metre Lit. Col. ( cf. above )

[ nāga ] n. (m. Lit. L.) tin , lead Lit. Bhpr.

a kind of talc Lit. ib.

a kind of coitus Lit. L.

N. of the 3rd invariable Karaṇa (see s.v.) Lit. Sūryas. Lit. Var.

of the effects of that period on anything happening during it Lit. W.

of a district of Bhārata-varsha Lit. Gol.

mf ( [ ā ] , or [ ī ] ) n. formed of snakes , relating to serpents or serpents-demons , snaky , serpentine , serpent-like Lit. MBh. (with [ āsana ] n. a partic. attitude in sitting Lit. Cat. ; [ ā ] f. ( scil. [ vīthī ] ) = [ nāga-v ] , below Lit. Var.)

mf ( [ ā ] , or [ ī ] ) n. belonging to an elephant , elephantine (as urine) Lit. Suśr.