काकkākaA crow; काकोऽपि जीवति चिराय बलिं च भुङ्क्ते Pt.1.24.
[कै शब्दकरणे-कन् Uṇ.3.43]
- A crow; काकोऽपि जीवति चिराय बलिं च भुङ्क्ते Pt.1.24.
- (Fig.) A contemptible fellow, base or impudent person.
- A lame man.
- Bathing by dipping the head only into water (as crows do).
- A sectarial mark (तिलक).
- A kind of measure.
- Name of a Dvīpa.
Derived forms and compounds
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-का Name of several plants काकनासा, काकोली etc.
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-की A female crow.
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-काकी see Mbh. on IV.1.63.
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-कम्
- A multitude of crows.
- A modus coeundi.
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-अक्षिगोलकन्याय see under न्याय.
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-अञ्ची Equivalent to काकजङ्घा quod vide, which see
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-अदनी The Gunja plant.
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-अरिः an owl.
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-इक्षुः A reed.
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-उडुम्वरः (-रिका) The fig-tree.
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-उदरः a snake; काकोदरो येन विनीतदर्पः Kavirāja; काकोदरसोदरः खलो जगति Bv.1.76.
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-उलूकिका, -उलूकीयम् the natural enmity of the owl and the crow; Mbh. on IV.2.14; Vārt.2. (काकोलूकीयम् is the name of the third Tantra in the Pañchatantra).
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-कङ्गुः -कङ्गुनी Feminine A kind of corn.
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-कला Name of a plant.
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-चिञ्चा, -जङ्घा the Gunja plant.
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-चरित्रम्
- A part of the science of Omens based on the sound of crows. च्छदः, च्छदिः a wag-tail.
- a side-lock of hair; see काकपक्ष below.
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-जम्बुः A kind of rose-apple tree.
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-जातः the (Indian) cuckoo.
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-तालीय Adjective काकताल-छ Mbh. on V.3.16 (anything) taking place quite unexpectedly and accidentally, an accident; अहो नु खलु भोः तदेतत् काकतालीयं नाम Māl.5; काक- तालीयवत्प्राप्तं दृष्ट्वाऽपि निधिमग्रतः H. Pr.3; sometimes used adverbially in the sense of 'accidentally'; फलन्ति काक- तालीयं तेभ्यः प्राज्ञा न बिभ्यति Ve.2.15. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedन्याय see under न्याय.
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-तालुकिन Adjective contemptible, vile.
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-तिक्रा, -तिन्दुका, -तुण्डिका different kinds of trees.
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-तुण्डम् A kind of head of an arrow (see फलम्). काकतुण्डेन वेध्यानां वेधं कुर्यात् Dhanur.66.
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-दन्तः (Literal) the tooth of a crow; (Figurative) anything impossible or not existing; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedगवेषणम् searching after impossibilities (said of any useless and unprofitable task).
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-ध्वजः the submarine fire; Compare और्व.
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-नासा, -नासिका, -नासिकी different kinds of trees.
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-निद्रा a light slumber (easily broken).
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-पक्षः, -पक्षकः side-locks of hair on the temples of boys and young men (especially of the Kṣatriya caste]; काकपक्षधरमेत्य याचितः R.11.1,31,42;3.28; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.
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-पदम्
- the sign (^) in Mss. denoting that something has been left out.
- an incision in the skin. (-दः) a particular mode of sexual intercourse.
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-पुच्छः, -पुष्टः the Indian cuckoo.
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-पेय a shallow; काकपेया नदी Sk.
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-भीरुः an owl.
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-मद्गुः a gallinule water-hen, घृतं हृत्वा तु दुर्बुद्धिः काकमद्गुः प्रजायते Mb.13.111.22.
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-मर्दः, -मर्दकः a kind of gourd Marâthî कवंडळ.
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-माची, -चिका a kind of tree (Marâthî कावळी)-मृगगोचरित Adjective following the manner of the crow in drinking, of the deer in eating and of the cow in making water; एवं गोमृगकाकचर्यया व्रजंस्तिष्ठन्नासीनः शयानः काकमृगगोचरितः पिबति खादत्यवमेहति स्म Bhāg.5.5.34.
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-यवः barren corn (the ear of which has no grain); यथा काकयवाः प्रोक्ता यथारण्यभवास्तिलाः । नाममात्रा न सिद्धौ हि धनहीनास्तथा नराः ॥ Pt.2.9. तथैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे यथा काकयवा इव Mb; (काकयवाः Equivalent to निष्फलतृणधान्यम्).
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-रुतम् the shrill sound of a crow (considered as a sign of future good or evil under different circumstances);
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-रुहा Adjective kind of tree (Marâthî बांडगूळ).
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-वन्ध्या a woman that bears only one child.
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-स्नानम् Bathing like a crow.
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-स्पर्शः
- The touching of a crow.
- A ceremony performed on the tenth day after a death, consisting in the offering of rice to crows.
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-स्वरः a shrill tone (as that of a crow).
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काक kāka
- का kā लः lḥ, (का) लः 1 A raven.
- The thyroid cartilage.
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-लम् A jewel worn upon the neck.
