[phaṇ-ac] 1 The expand- ed hood of a cobra or any serpent; viprakṛtaḥ pannagaḥ phaṇaṃ (phaṇāṃ) kurute Ś. 6. 30; maṇibhiḥ phaṇasthaiḥ R. 13. 12; Ku. 6. [Page0783-a+ 55] 68; vahati bhuvanaśreṇiṃ śeṣaḥ phaṇāphalaka- sthitāṃ Bh. 2. 35.

2 The expanded side of the nostril, (also phaṇaṃ in this sense). ṇaḥ Ved. Scum. Comp. āṭopaḥ the expanded hood (v. l. for phaṭāṭopa); Pt. 1. 204. karaḥ a serpent dharaḥ 1. a...