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िपङ्गल, िपंगल piṅgal, adj. & s.m.=piṅga, q.v.; fire; the sun; a monkey; a tiger; an ichneumon; name of a fabulous being in the form of a nāgor serpent of the lower regions to whom a treatise on prosody is ascribed (and who is hence considered as an inspired and divine personage); the art of prosody;—name of an ancient Hindūgrammarian (author of a treatise on the prosody of the Vedas).