Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

phaṇa फण – serpent hood

adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

serpent hood

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

phaṇá ·m. scum, froth; the hood of a serpent (also f. ā).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Phaṇa, as, m. (perhaps) scum, froth (Ved.); (as, ā, am), m. f. n. the expanded side of a nostril; (as, ā), m. f. the expanded hood or neck of the cobra di capello (= phaṭa); aṅgulī-phaṇa-hastaka, one in whose hands the fingers take the shape of a hood; [cf. go-phaṇā.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

phaṇa 3〉 kṛtvā phaṇatrayam KATHĀS. 65,122. triphaṇa adj. (sarpa) KATHĀS. 86. KATHĀS. 90.

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine

phaṇá 1〉 m. etwa Rahm oder Schaum (vgl. pheṇa): pha̱ṇo dravànnati̱dravàn TBR. 3,10,1,4. — 2〉 m. Nasenflügel SUŚR. 1,345,12. SUŚR. 1,345,15. SUŚR. 1,364,14. n. oder f. SUŚR. 350,21. — 3〉 m. f. die sogenannte Haube einer Schlange (vgl. phaṭa) AK. 1,2,1,9. AK. 3,4,3,24. H. 1315. HALĀY. 3,19. prakāśayati doṣāṃstu sarpaḥ phaṇamivocchritam MBH. 12,4224. nāgaphaṇau HARIV. 14742. viprakṛtaḥ pannagaḥ phaṇaṃ (v. l. phaṇāṃ) kurute ŚĀK. 158. PAÑCAT. ed. orn. I, 63. ˚maṇḍala RAGH. 12,98. maṇibhiḥ phaṇasthaiḥ RAGH. 13,12. KUMĀRAS. 6,68. RĀJA-TAR. 6,368. Spr. 759. PAÑCAT. 198,10. MĀRK. P. 23,68. fg. MĀRK. P. 131,9. phaṇāsahasraracite (paryaṅke nāgabhūṣite) MBH. 12,1637. bahati bhuvanaśreṇīṃ śepaḥ phaṇāphalakasthitam Spr. 2763. ˚maṇḍala RAGH. 10,7. ˚śreṇīmaṇīnām GĪT. 12,27. BHĀG. P. 3,8,6. BHĀG. P. 5,24,31. MĀRK. P. 23,94. neutr. nach CANDRAGOMIN_im_ŚKDR. Unbestimmt ob phaṇa oder phaṇā KUMĀRAS. 3,59. avākphaṇa adj. ṚT. 1,13, v. l. bhoginaḥ phaṇātapatrasya tale ṚT. 18. RĀJA-TAR. 3,529. unnaddhaphaṇā ivāhayaḥ BHĀG. P. 4,11,4. phaṇāṭopin (phaṇāṭopa) Spr. 1614, v. l. — 4〉 aṅgulīphaṇahastaka adj. bei dem die Finger der Hand in Form eines Klumpens, Ballens gestaltet sind, klumphändig VYUTP. 204. — phaṇahasta KAUṢ. UP._in_Ind. St. 1,398 falsche Lesart für phalahastaḥ vgl. 1,4 in der Bibl. ind. — Vgl. go˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine

phaṇá — 1〉 m. — a〉 etwa Rahm oder Schaum. — b〉 ein der Haube einer Schlange ähnliches Hölzchen ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,15. — 2〉 m. f. (ā) — a〉 Nasenflügel. — b〉 die Haube einer Schlange.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

phaṇaḥ -ṇā [phaṇ-ac] 1 The expanded hood of a cobra or any serpent; viprakṛtaḥ pannagaḥ phaṇaṃ (phaṇāṃ) kurute Ś. 6. 30; maṇibhiḥ phaṇasthaiḥ R. 13. 12; ([Page 0783-a]) Ku. 6. 68; vahati bhuvanaśreṇiṃ śeṣaḥ phaṇāphalakasthitāṃ Bh. 2. 35. 2 The expanded side of the nostril, (also phaṇaṃ in this sense). — ṇaḥ Ved. Scum. Comp. — āṭopaḥ the expanded hood (v. l. for phaṭāṭopa); Pt. 1. 204. — karaḥ a serpent — dharaḥ 1 a serpent. 2 N. of Śiva. — bhṛt m. 1 a serpent. 2 the number ‘nine’ (there being nine chief Nāgas.). — maṇiḥ a jewel said to be found in the hood of a serpent; Śi. 9. 25. — maṃḍalaṃ the rounded body of a serpent; karālaphaṇamaṃḍalaṃ R. 12. 98; tatphaṇāmaṃḍalodarcirmaṇidyotitavigrahaṃ R. 10. 7.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

phaṇá m. Rahm o. Schaum; Schlangenhaube (auch f. ā).

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

phaṇa phaṇa m. n. et phaṇā f. développement de la peau du cou du nāga. phaṇakara (kṛ), phaṇadhara (dhṛ), phaṇabhṛt (bhṛ), phaṇavat (sfx. vat), phaṇākara, phaṇādhara, phaṇābhara (bhṛ) et phaṇāvat m. le serpent à lunettes ou nāga. phaṇin m. (sfx. in) mms. phaṇikhela m. caille. phaṇijjhaka m. et f. [ā] esp. de plante. [Page457-2] phaṇitalpaga m. (talpa; gam) Viṣṇu, qui a pour lit le serpent Ananta. phaṇipriya m. le vent [cher aux nāgas]. phaṇīśvara m. (īś) Ananta, roi des nāgas.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

MAN 1 occurrence
Nāgarājāya Namaḥ 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • MAN NN 1.1 Segment 4

    Attested form: phaṇa Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

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