ajagara

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara, literally “goat-swallower”).[1]

The meaning “boa constrictor” seems to arise from its use as the English translations in Monier Williams’ Sanskrit-English dictionary and Childers' Pali-English dictionary; the translation now occurs in dictionaries of Asian origin (e.g. A.P. Buddhadatta’s) and affects modern usage.

Noun

ajagara m[2]

  1. python
  2. boa constrictor

Declension

Declension table of "ajagara" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ajagaroajagarā
Accusative (second)ajagaraṃajagare
Instrumental (third)ajagarenaajagarehi or ajagarebhi
Dative (fourth)ajagarassa or ajagarāya or ajagaratthaṃajagarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)ajagarasmā or ajagaramhā or ajagarāajagarehi or ajagarebhi
Genitive (sixth)ajagarassaajagarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)ajagarasmiṃ or ajagaramhi or ajagareajagaresu
Vocative (calling)ajagaraajagarā

References

  1. ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ajagara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 20.
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