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Results for कौक्कुटिक

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कौक्कुटिकkaukkuṭikaA poulterer.
[कुक्कुट-ठक्]
1. A poulterer.
2. A mendicant who walks always fixing his eyes on the ground for fear of treading upon worms, insects etc.
3. (Hence) A hypocrite.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कौक्कुटिकkaukkuṭikam. a poulterer, one who sells fowls L.
1. masculine gender a poulterer, one who sells fowls Lexicographers
2. masculine gender a kind of low caste Ka1ran2d2.
3. masculine gender (Pa1n2. 4-4, 46) a kind of mendicant who walks with his eyes fixed on the ground for fear of treading upon insects etc. Lexicographers
4. masculine gender a hypocrite Lexicographers
5. masculine gender a pigeon Lexicographers
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कौक्कुटिकन्दलkaukkuṭikandalam. a species of snake L. (cf. कुक्कुटा*भ and ˚टा*हि .)

masculine gender a species of snake Lexicographers (confer, compare कुक्कुटा*भ and that the rest of a word is to be suppliedटा*हि .)

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