As a Hindi name
जाङ्गुलि · jāṅguli · s.m.
A snake-catcher; snake-doctor, one who pretends by charms to cure the bites of snakes or other venomous reptiles, a dealer in antidotes; a conjurer — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 374
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
जाना · masculine
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti) Prakrit जाइ (jāi) Hindi जाना Inherited from Prakrit जाइ (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskri…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a snake-charmer
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jāṅguli" is the vocative of "jāṅgulī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jāṅguli m. a snake-charmer, L.
jāṅguli m. (-liḥ) A snake-catcher, a dealer in antidotes. E. jaṅgula, and iñ aff.
jāṅgulī f. id., L. (v.l. ˚galī)
Durgā (Gaurī, Gal.), L.
Alternative readings
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