शकुनिśakunithe cry or sound of a bird.
Derived forms and compounds
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-वादः
- the cry or sound of a bird.
- the crowing of a cock.
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शकुनिः śakuniḥ
- शक्-उनि
- A bird; तरुशकुनिकुरङ्गान् मैथिली यानपुष्यत् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.25; Ms.12.63.
- A vulture, kite or eagle.
- A cock.
- Name of a son of Subala, king of Gāndhāra and brother of Gāndharī, wife of Dhṛitarāṣṭra; he was thus the maternal uncle of Duryodhana whom he assisted in many of his wicked schemes to exterminate the Pāṇḍavas. The name is now usually applied to an old wicked-minded relative whose counsels tend to ruin.
- Name of a demon killed by Kṛiṣṇa.
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-ईश्वरः Name of Garuḍa.
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-प्रपा a trough for watering birds.
