sṛp cl. 1, P. (Dhātup. xxiii, 14) sárpati (ep. and m. c. also ○te
• p. sárpat see s.v. and sarpamāṇa
• pf. sasarpa [1. du. sasṛpiva] Br
• aor. asṛpat AV. Br
• asṛpta Br. &c
• asārpsīt, or asrāpsīt Gr
• fut. sarptā or sraptā ib
• sarpsyati Br
• srapsyati ib. &c
• inf. sarpitum MBh. &c
• sarptum or sraptum Gr
• -sṛ́pas Br
• ind. p. sṛptvā ib
• -sṛ́pya AV. &c
• -sarpam Br. &c.), to creep, crawl, glide, slink, move gently or cautiously (sarpata, 'depart!' Rājat.) RV. &c. &c
• to slip into (acc.) AitBr
• (in ritual) to glide noiselessly and with bended body and hand in hand (esp. from the Sadas to the Bahish-pavamāna) Br. ŚrS. ChUp.: Pass. sṛpyate (aor. asarpi), to be crept &c. MBh. &c.: Caus. sarpayati (aor. asīsṛpat or asasarpat, to cause to creep &c. ( See ava-, anu-pra-, vi-√sṛp): Desid. sísṛpsati ( ut-√sṛp): Intens. sarīsṛpyate (AitĀr.), sarīsarpti, p. sarīsṛpat (BhP.), to creep along or hither and thither, glide about &c. [Cf. Gk. ?
• Lat. [1245, 3] serpere
• See also sarpa.]

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William