Sarpin: 8 definitions

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Sarpin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarpin (सर्पिन्).—a.

1) Creeping, gliding, winding, going tortuously.

2) Moving, going (in general); यूका मन्दविसर्पिणी (yūkā mandavisarpiṇī) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.252.

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

Sarpin (सर्पिन्).—mfn. (-rpī-rpiṇī-rpi) Going gently or tortuously, gliding, winding, creeping. f. (-rpiṇī) 1. A female serpent. 2. A small medicinal shrub. E. sarpa a snake, or going, &c., ini aff.

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

Sarpin (सर्पिन्).—i. e. sṛp + in, I. adj., f. iṇī. 1. Gliding, creeping. 2. Moving, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 35. Ii. f. iṇī. 1. A female serpent, [Pañcatantra] 210, 12. 2. A small medicinal shrub.

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

Sarpin (सर्पिन्).—[adjective] creeping, gliding.

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

Sarpin (सर्पिन्):—[from sarpa] mfn. (ifc.) creeping, gliding, moving slowly (śītānila-s, ‘exposed to currents of cold winds’), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Kirātārjunīya]

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

Sarpin (सर्पिन्):—[(rpi-rpiṇī-rpi) a.] Going gently or tortuously. f. (ī) Serpent, medicinal shrub.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sarpin (सर्पिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sappi.

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Sarpin 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.

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