As a deity name
Name 674 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
महोरग · noun · masculine
बड़ा साँप · तगर का पेड़ · जैनियों के एक प्रकार के देवताओं का नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a gr˚ serpent (with Jainas and Buddhists a class of demons), &c. (cf. )
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Dictionary citations
mahoraga m. a gr˚ serpent (with Jainas and Buddhists a class of demons), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (cf. MWB. 220)
mahoraga n. the root of Tabernaemontana Coronaria, L.
mahoraga n. (-gaṃ) The root of a plant: see tagara. m. (-gaḥ) 1 A sort of demigod of the serpent genus, and forming one of the classes inhabiting Pātāla, &c. 2 Any large snake. E. mahā great, and uraga a snake.
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