[bhujaḥ san gacchati gam-khac mum ḍicca] 1 A serpent, snake; bhujagaṃmapi kopinaṃ śirasi puṣpavaddhārayet Bh. 2. 4.

2 A paramour, gallant; abhūmireṣā bhujaṃgabhaṃgibhāṣitānāṃ K. 196.

3 A husband or lord in general.

4 A catamite.

5 The dissolute friend of a king.

6 The constellation āśleṣā.

7 The number ‘eight’. Comp. iṃdraḥ an epithet of Śeṣa, the lord of snakes. īśaḥ an epithet of 1. Vāsuki.

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