English Meaning of sarpa

Meaning of 'sarpa'

m (S) A serpent or snake. The word is, in the Konka&ntodtod;, applied exclusively to the Coluber Naga or Cobra de capello, in the Desh, to every reptile of the serpent-tribe excepting the Coluber Naga, which bears its specific name naga. See and apply to this word sarpa the notice afforded under its derivative sapa; adding only that the word sarpa (preserving its majesty as Sanskrit) occurs to be used upon rather extraordinary occasions, as conveying, more forcibly than the Prakrit sapa, the idea of magnitude or formidableness.

Meaning of सर्प

m (S) A serpent or snake. The word is, in the Konkan̤, applied exclusively to the Coluber Nága or Cobra de capello, in the Desh, to every reptile of the serpent-tribe excepting the Coluber Nága, which bears its specific name नाग. See and apply to this word सर्प the notice afforded under its derivative साप; adding only that the word सर्प (preserving its majesty as Sanskrit) occurs to be used upon rather extraordinary occasions, as conveying, more forcibly than the Prákrit साप, the idea of magnitude or formidableness.

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