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phaṇaṁ

Phaṇa

the hood of a snake Vin.i.91 (˚hatthaka, with hands like a snake’s hood); Ja.iii.347 (patthaṭa˚); Dhp-a.iii.231 (˚ṃ ukkhipitvā); Dhp-a.iv.133 Freq. as phaṇaṃ katvā (only thus, in ger.) raising or spreading its hood, with spread hood Ja.ii.274 ; Ja.vi.6 Vism.399 ; Dhp-a.ii.257 . cp. Epic Sk. phaṇa

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the hood of a snake Vin.i.91 (˚hatthaka, with hands like a snake’s hood); Ja.iii.347 (patthaṭa˚); Dhp-a.iii.231 (˚ṃ ukkhipitvā); Dhp-a.iv.133 Freq. as phaṇaṃ katvā (only thus, in ger.) raising or spreading its hood, with spread hood Ja.ii.274; Ja.vi.6 Vism.399; Dhp-a.ii.257.

cp. Epic Sk. phaṇa

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.