Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“poison”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“poison”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
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-catcher, a snake doctor, one who pretends, chiefly by charms, to cure the bite of snakes or other venomous animals, a dealer in antidotes, &c. E. jaṅgula poison, and ṭhak a…
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "jāṅgulika" is derived from "jāṅguli" with the ṭhak/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
jāṅguli m. a snake-charmer, L.
jāṅguli m. (-liḥ) A snake-catcher, a dealer in antidotes. E. jaṅgula, and iñ aff.
jāṅgulika m. (-kaḥ) A snake-catcher, a snake doctor, one who pretends, chiefly by charms, to cure the bite of snakes or other venomous animals, a dealer in antidotes, &c. E. jaṅgula poison, and ṭhak aff.
Dictionary citations
jāṅgulika m. (-kaḥ) A snake-catcher, a snake doctor, one who pretends, chiefly by charms, to cure the bite of snakes or other venomous animals, a dealer in antidotes, &c. E. jaṅgula poison, and ṭhak aff.
jāṅguli m. a snake-charmer, L.
jāṅguli m. (-liḥ) A snake-catcher, a dealer in antidotes. E. jaṅgula, and iñ aff.
Alternative readings
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