m. [phaṇā astyasya ini] 1 A hooded serpent, serpent or snake in general; udgirato yadgaralaṃ phaṇinaḥ puṣṇā- si parimalodgāraiḥ Bv. 1. 12, 58; phaṇī mayūrasya tale niṣīdati Rs. 1. 13; R. 16. 17; Ku. 2. 21.

2 An epithet of Rāhu.

3 An epithet of Patañjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya on Pāṇini's Sūtras; phaṇibhāṣitabhāṣyapha- kkikā N. 2. 95. Comp. iṃdraḥ, īśvaraḥ 1. an epithet of the serpent- demon Śeṣa....