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Results for चातक

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Apte Dictionary

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

चातकcātaka(-की f.) [चत् याचने कर्तरि ण्वुल्] N. of a bird which is supposed to live only on rain-drops; सूक्ष्मा एव…
1. (-की Feminine) चत् याचने कर्तरि ण्वुल् Name of a bird which is supposed to live only on rain-drops; सूक्ष्मा एव पतन्ति चातकमुखे द्वित्राः पयोबिन्दवः Bh.2.121; see also 2.51 and R.5.17.
2. Compound आनन्दनः the rainy season.
3. a cloud.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

चातकcātaka[kâtaka] m., î, f. kind of cuckoo (supposed to live on drops of rain only).

[kâtaka] masculine, î, feminine; also equal for kind of cuckoo (supposed to live on drops of rain only).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चातकcātakam. the bird Cucculus melanoleucus (said to subsist on rain-drops) S3ak. vii, 7 Ragh. xvii, 15 Megh. &c.

masculine gender the bird Cucculus melanoleucus (said to subsist on rain-drops) S3ak. vii, 7 Ragh. xvii, 15 Megh. etc.

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चातकानन्दनcātakānandanam. "Ca1taka चातक 's delight", the rainy season L.

masculine gender "Ca1taka चातक 's delight", the rainy season Lexicographers

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चातकाष्टकcātakāṣṭakan. the 8 verses on the Ca1taka चातक bird.

neuter gender the 8 verses on the Ca1taka चातक bird.

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चातकिcātakim. N. of a man MatsyaP. cxciv, 23.

masculine gender Name of a man MatsyaP. cxciv, 23.

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चातकीcātakīf. the female of the Ca1taka चातक bird Katha1s. cxxiii.

feminine the female of the Ca1taka चातक bird Katha1s. cxxiii.

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