Srip, Sṛp: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Sṛp can be transliterated into English as Srp or Srip, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sṛp (सृप्).—1 P. (sarpati, sṛpta; desid. sisṛpsati)

1) To creep, crawl, glide gently; सर्पन्तीत्येवमाससृपुस्ते ह (sarpantītyevamāsasṛpuste ha) Ch. Up.1.12. 4.

2) To go, move; हृदयादिव सृप्तो हृदयादिव निर्मितः (hṛdayādiva sṛpto hṛdayādiva nirmitaḥ) Bṛ. Up.3.9.22.

3) To spread; सर्पन्महाधूम इवाद्रिवह्निः (sarpanmahādhūma ivādrivahniḥ) Kirātārjunīya 17.2.

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

Sṛp (सृप्).—[(ḷ) sṛpḷ] r. 1st. cl. (sarpati) 1. To go, to move. 2. To creep, to crawl. With apa, 1. To go from, to depart. 2. To deviate from. 3. To espy. With upa, 1. To go near. 2. To undergo. 3. To go forth. 4. To move. With anu, To approach. With ud, To rise, to overflow. With pari, To move to and fro. With pra, 1. To proceed, to come forth. 2. To prevail, to spread. With vi, 1. To sneak about, to fly about. 2. To march, to proceed. 3. To spread. 4. To fall, to flow. 5. To disperse. 6. To wind. 7. To run away. With sam, 1. To flow. 2. To glide.

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

Sṛp (सृप्).— (akin to sṛ), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 96, 9), 1. To creep, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 59, 10. 2. To go, to move, [Hitopadeśa] 30, 3.

— With the prep. vyati vi-ati, To move to and fro, Mahābhārata 4, 1042.

— With anu anu, To approach, Mahābhārata 1, 6201.

— With apa apa, 1. To go away, Mahābhārata 3, 14112. 2. To run away, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 29, 4. 3. To deviate from, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 241 (apasarpya, anomal., or erroneously for apasṛpya). 4. To espy, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 25, 5 (paura-jānapadān, the inhabitants of the town and district).

— With vyapa vi-apa, To run away, Mahābhārata 4, 1899.

— With ud ud, To rise, [Nala] 23, 9 (cf. yathāsaṃgam, under saṅga).

— With samud sam-ud, To rise, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 6, 8.

— With upa upa, 1. To go near, to approach, Chr. 61. 40. 2. To undergo, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 175. 3. To go forth, [Pañcatantra] 159, 23; [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 269. 4. To move, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 27.

— With samupa sam-upa, To approach, Mahābhārata 1, 6450.

— With pari pari, To go to and fro. [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 52, 48.

— With pra pra, To proceed, [Pañcatantra] 120, 9. prasṛpta, Come forth, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 27, 6.

— With vi vi, 1. To sneak about, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 48; to fly about, [Hitopadeśa] 16, 3, M.M. 2. To spread, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 32, 4. 3. To disperse, [Nala] 1, 25. 4. To flow to and fro on (acc.), [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 18, 7. 5. To wind, to meander, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 44, 17. 6. To run away, Mahābhārata 1, 8286.

— With sam sam, 1. To flow, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 29. 2. To glide, to move, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 52.

— Cf. [Latin] serpere; [Anglo-Saxon.] slipan.

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

Sṛp (सृप्).—sarpati sarpate [participle] sṛpta (q.v.) creep, crawl, glide. [Causative] sarpayati & [Desiderative] sisṛpsati only —°; [Intensive] sarīsṛpyate creep to and fro.

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

Sṛp (सृप्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxiii, 14]) sarpati ([Epic] and mc. also te; p. sarpat [see sub voce] and sarpamāṇa; [perfect tense] sasarpa [1. [dual number] sasṛpiva] [Brāhmaṇa]; [Aorist] asṛpat, [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa]; asṛpta, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; asārpsīt or asrāpsīt [grammar]; [future] sarptā or sraptā, [ib.]; sarpsyati, [Brāhmaṇa]; srapsyati, [ib.] etc.; [infinitive mood] sarpitum, [Mahābhārata] etc.; sarptum or sraptum [grammar]; -sṛpas, [Brāhmaṇa]; [indeclinable participle] sṛptvā, [ib.]; -sṛpya, [Atharva-veda] etc.; -sarpam, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.),

—to creep, crawl, glide, slink, move gently or cautiously (sarpata, ‘depart!’ [Rājataraṅgiṇī]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to slip into ([accusative]), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa];

— (in ritual) to glide noiselessly and with bended body and hand in hand ([especially] from the Sadas to the Bahiṣ-pavamāna), [Brāhmaṇa; ???; Chāndogya-upaniṣad] :

—[Passive voice] sṛpyate ([Aorist] asarpi), to be crept etc., [Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Causal] sarpayati ([Aorist] asīsṛpat or asasarpat), to cause to creep etc. (See ava-, anu-pra-, vi-√sṛp) :—[Desiderative] sisṛpsati (See ut-√sṛp) :

—[Intensive] sarīsṛpyate ([Aitareya-āraṇyaka]), sarīsarpti, p. sarīsṛpat ([Bhāgavata-purāṇa]), to creep along or hither and thither, glide about etc. cf. [Greek] ἕρπω; [Latin] serpere; See also sarpa.

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

Sṛp (सृप्):—sarpati 1. a. To go; glide. With apa to go away, depart.

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

Sṛp (सृप्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Sakka, Sappa.

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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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