s. m, fabulous race of serpent demons having a human face with the tail of a serpent, said to have sprung from Kadru wife of Kasyapa, to people Patala; a snake, a serpent, a Cobra; a pear tree (Pyrus communis:—nág bálá, s. m. A plant (Alysicarprus nummularifolius, Nat. Ord. Leguminosæ) which grows wild:—nágbel, s. f. Betel leaf:—nágbalá, s. f. The Alyssicarpus nummularia, Nat. Ord. Leguminosæ, used medicinally:—nág dauṉ, s. f. The name of a vine or shrub (Staphylea Emodi, Nat. Ord. Staphyleaceæ found in the Himalayas up to the Indus. The bark and branches are speckled, a stick kept is said to drive away snakes. Said to be useful in curing snake's bite; a kind of wood by touching which fetters are said to fall off spon taneously;—A shrub (A belia triflora, Nat. Ord. Caprifoliaceæ) which grows abundantly in many places in the Panjab Himalaya and the Suleman Range. It has a pretty scented flower, and is eaten by goats;—A common shrub (Virburnum fætens. Nat. Ord. Caprifoliaceæ) found abundantly in the Panjab Himalaya. The fruit when ripe is sweetish, and is eaten in most places where it grows. In Kanawar it is said to be put into the beer locally made by natives. The flowers have a delicious scent:—nágkesar, s. m. A medicine produced from a tree or shrub the Mesua ferra, Nat. Ord. Guttiferæ or its flowers. The dried buds are used in coughs:—nágpaṇchmí, s. f. A Hindu festival held on the fifth day of the dark fortnight of Bhádoṇ, when a snake is worshipped to procure blessing for children:—nágpatrí, s. f. Genealogy of serpents (a fiction held by Hindus and others):—nágphanní khand, s. m. The Arum companulatum, a dry warm remedy, and an edible after cooking or pickling. The root contains farinaceous matter in large quantity mixed with an acrid poisonous juice which must be carefully washed out.