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