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नागधन्वन् (nAgadhanvan)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
नाग—धन्वन्
m.
(!),
N.
of a Tīrtha (cf. -वर्त्मन्,
MBh.
B.)
Mahabharata
English
Nāgadhanvan (Nāgavatman, C.), a tīrtha on the Sarasvatī. § 615g (Baladevatīrthayātrā): N. is swarming with numerous snakes, it was the abode of Vāsuki and of 14, 000 Ṛshis
there is no fear of snakes. There the gods had installed Vāsuki as king of all the snakes: IX, 37, 2148.