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सपर् sarp, and H. सरप sarap, s.m. (f. -ī), Serpent, snake (com. sāṅp);—a sliding serpentine motion:—sarpa-phaṇa-ja, vulg. sarp-phaṇaj, s.m. lit.'Produced in a snake's hood'; the snake-stone or carbuncle (a gem said to be found in a snake's head and to resemble the berry of the Abrus precatorius, and to possess alexipharmic properties):—sarp-ćhatr, s.m. lit.'Serpent-umbrella'; a mushroom; toadstool:—sarp-rāj, s.m. 'Serpent-king,' epithet of Vāsuki (sovereign of the serpent race inhabiting Pātāla):—sarp-gandhā, s.f. Name of a plant, Ophioxylon?—sarpa-ghna, s.m.=sarphan, q.v.:—sarp-maṇī, s.m.f. Snake-gem (=sarpa-phaṇaj, q.v.):—sarp-nagarī, s.f. Dwelling-place of serpents or reptiles; (in Myth.) name of several places on earth and in hell:—sarp-han, s.m. (f. -ī), 'The snake-killer,' an ichneumon, mungoose.