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elephantine

 
Monier Williams
English
ELEPHANTINE,
a.
हास्तेयकः -की -कं, ऐभः -भी -भं
‘as big as an
elephant, हस्तिद्वयसः -सी -सं, गजमात्रः -त्री -त्रं.
Borooah
English
ELEPH ANTINE:
expr.
by
comp.
, e. epoch:
*हस्तियुगम्।
अमरकोशः
Sanskrit
Word: नागाः
Root: नागाः
Gender: undefined
Number: undefined
Meaning(s):
snake
cloud
cobra
snaky
shark
cruel man
serpentine
elephantine
elephant etc
serpent-like
formed of snakes
nAga or serpent-demon
belonging to an elephant
Indian cobra [Naja naja - Zoo.]
best or most excellent of any kind
one of the 5 airs of the human body
relating to serpents or serpents-demons
Shloka(s):
1|8|4|1 विष्वक्संतमसं नागाः काद्रवेयास्तदीश्वराः। (पातालभोगिवर्गः)
3|3|21|2 गजेऽपि नागमातङ्गावपाङ्गस्तिलकेऽपि च॥ (नानार्थवर्गः)
3|3|70|1 नदी नगर्योर्नागानां भोगवत्यथ सङ्गरे। (नानार्थवर्गः)
Synonym(s):
1|8|4|1 नागः (नाग) (पुं) snake, cloud, cobra, snaky, shark, cruel man, serpentine, elephantine, elephant etc, serpent-like, formed of snakes, nAga or serpent-demon, belonging to an elephant, Indian cobra [Naja naja - Zoo.], best or most excellent of any kind, one of the 5 airs of the human body, relating to serpents or serpents-demons
1|8|4|1 काद्रवेयः (काद्रवेय) (पुं)
3|3|21|2 गजः (गज) (पुं) elephant, number eight, kind of measure, measure of length, one of the 8 elephants of the regions, mound of earth on which a house may be erected
3|3|70|1 भोगवती (भोगवती) (स्त्री) serpent-nymph, night of the 2nd lunar day, sacred river of the serpent-demons, city of the serpent-demons in the subterranean regions
Related word(s):
स्व_स्वामीसंबन्धः नागराजः
जातिः सरीसृपः