ناگ

नाग nāg[Prk. नागो; S. नागः], s.m. A snake, serpent; the hooded snake, or cobra di capello, Coluber naga (which is regarded as sacred by the Hindūs);—a Nāga, or fabulous serpent-demon so called, having a human face with the tail of a serpent (the race of these beings is said to have sprung from Kadrū, wife of Kaśyapa,—or from Su-rasā,—in order to people Pātāla, one of the regions below the earth);—an elephant;—name of several plants, Mesua roxburghii (a small tree with fragrant blossoms); Rottlera tinctoria (used in dyeing); a species of grass, Cyperus pertenuis; Piper betel (i.q. nāg-bel);—one of the five vital airs of the body (that which is expelled by eructation);—poison;—a symbolical term for the number seven (or eight);—name of a district; and of a mountain;—(S. नागं) tin; lead;—one of the astronomical periods called Karaṇs;—adj. (f. -ī), Formed or consisting of serpents; serpentine; relating to serpents, or the serpent-demons;—elephantine; belonging to or resembling an elephant; produced from an elephant:—nāgāṅćalā(˚ga+an˚), s.f. A graduated pole or post for showing the depth of water in a newlydug pond; a boring-rod or stick driven into the earth:—nāgāṅg (˚ga+an˚), s.m. Hastinapur (ancient Dehli):—nāg-balā, s.f. The plant Uraria lagopodioides:—nāg-bandhu, s.m. (lit.'liked by elephants'), The holy fig-tree, Ficus religiosa:—nāg-bhāshā, s.f. Name of one of the Prākrit dialects (the language of the Nāgas or serpent-race who inhabit Pātāla):—nāg-bhid, s.m. 'Elephant-destroyer,' a species of snake, Amphisbaena:—nāg-pāś, vulg. nāg-pās, or nāg-phās, or nāg-phāṅs, s.m. 'Serpent-noose,' a sort of noose or lasso used to entangle or seize an enemy in battle (resembling the arms of the Retiarii among the Roman gladiators; noose (of a rope):—nāg-patnī, s.f. Wife of a Nāga, or a female of the serpent-race (cf. nāg-kanyā):—nāg-pushp, s.m. The tree Rottlera tinctoria;—Mesua roxburghii (i.q. nāg-keśar);—Michelia champaka:—nāg-paṅćamī, s.f. Name of a Hindūfestival, the fifth day in the light half of the month Śrāvaṇ(on which day they worship a snake to procure blessings on their children):—nāg-phanī, s.f. The prickly pear, Cactus indicus (a prickly plant resembling the hood of a snake):—nāg-jihvā, s.f. 'Snake-tongue,' the plant Asclepias pseudosarsa:—nāg-jihvikā, s.f. Red arsenic:—nāg-jīvan, s.m. Tin:—nāg-dant, s.m. Elephant's tooth or tusk, ivory:—nāgdantī, s.f. A species of sunflower, Heliotropium indicum:—nāg-daun (S. nāga-damana), s.m. 'Snake-stick'; the plant asparagus (syn. mār-ćob);—a kind of wood, Staphylea emodit, by touching which it is said that fetters spontaneously fall off (sticks of it are supposed to keep off snakes, probably because the spotted bark resembles a snake's skin):—nāg-daunāor donā(see donā), s.m. Wormwood, Artemisia vulgaris:—nāg-ripu, s.m. 'Enemy of the elephant,' an epithet of the lion:—nāg-raṅg, s.m. The orange (esp. the Silhet orange), Citrus aurantium:—nāg-kanyā, s.f. 'Serpent-virgin,' one of a race of very beautiful females, said to be of serpentine extraction and to inhabit Pātāla or the regions below the earth:—nāg (or kālānāg) khilānā, 'To nourish a snake'; to put (one's) life in danger or jeopardy:—nāg-keśar, vulg. nāg-kesar, s.m. A small tree with fragrant blossoms, Mesua roxburghiior ferrea (i.q. nāgesar):—nāg-kesarī, s.f. The flower of the nāg-kesar:—nāg-lok, s.m. The world or abode of the serpent demons, one of the regions below the earth (otherwise called Pātāla, the abode of serpents and hydras; not being accessible to the sun, it is supposed to be illuminated by very resplendent jewels):—nāg-mātri, s.f. Mother of serpent-demons,' an epithet of Su-rasā;—red arsenic:—nāgodar (˚ga+ud˚), s.m.=nāgod, q.v.