Darvīkara
Darvīkara · darvī-kara, “the one that makes a ladle-hood”
Grammar: masculine noun; a compound of darvī (a ladle, the hood of a snake) and kara (one who makes).
Meaning: a hooded snake; the first of the four divisions of sarpas.
In the scriptures: the Brahma Parva says Kaśyapa Prajāpati divided sarpas into four: darvīkaras, maṇḍalins, rājilas and vyantaras. The poison of the darvīkaras is of vāta. Their blood is black and even, neither more nor less. There are about twenty-one kinds of darvīkara (Brahma Parva, Chapter 36).
Related terms: Maṇḍalin · Rājila · Vyantara
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 36