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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram (shaivism)

Sarparāja (सर्पराज) (or Nāgaraja) refers to the “king of snakes”, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult. Accordingly, “O goddess, Svacchanda is in the middle, within the abode of the triangle. Very powerful, he has five faces with three times five flaming eyes. [...] O fair lady, my attributes—trident, dagger, sword, the king of the snakes, and rosary—adorn the right (arms). O beloved, a skull, double-headed drum, javelin, noose and goad—(these) are my divine, brilliant and very auspicious weapons that (are held) in the left (hands). The king of snakes [i.e., sarparāja] (hangs) on the shoulder and a garland of skulls hangs (from the neck). There is a necklace of scorpions around the throat and the ears are adorned with snakes. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarparāja (सर्पराज).—Name of Vāsuki.

Derivable forms: sarparājaḥ (सर्पराजः).

Sarparāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarpa and rāja (राज).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sarparāja (सर्पराज).—m.

(-jaḥ) Vasuki, sovereign of the serpent race, inhabiting Patala or the regions under the earth. E. sarpa a snake, rāja a sovereign.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sarparāja (सर्पराज).—[masculine] serpent-king.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sarparāja (सर्पराज):—[=sarpa-rāja] [from sarpa] m. a sn°-king, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Harivaṃśa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] Name of Vāsuki, [Rāmāyaṇa]

3) Sārparāja (सार्पराज):—[=sārpa-rāja] [from sārpa] m. Name of various Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sarparāja (सर्पराज):—[sarpa-rāja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Vāsuki, king of the serpents.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sarparaja in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sarparāja (ಸರ್ಪರಾಜ):—[noun] (myth.) Ādiśeṣa, the king of serpents.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Sarpa, Raja.

Full-text: Sarpraj, Nagarajadhara, Raja.

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