snake MN.i.130; AN.iii.97, AN.iii.260 sq.; Snp.768; Ja.i.46, Ja.i.259, Ja.i.310, Ja.i.372; Ja.v.447 (kaṇha˚); Mnd.7; DN-a.i.197; Snp-a.13. Often in similes, e.g. Vism.161, Vism.587; Kp-a.144; Snp-a.226, Snp-a.333. -potaka a young snake Vism.500; -phaṇa the hood of a snake Kp-a.50
■ Cp. sappin.

cp. Sk. sarpa, fr. sṛp; “serpent”