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Results for चकोर

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Apte Dictionary

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

चकोरcakoraA kind of bird, the Greek partridge (said to feed on moonbeams); ज्योत्स्नापानमदालसेन वपुषा मत्ताश्चकोराङ्गनाः…
[चक्-तृप्तौ ओरन् Uṇ.1.64]

A kind of bird, the Greek partridge (said to feed on moonbeams); ज्योत्स्नापानमदालसेन वपुषा मत्ताश्चकोराङ्गनाः Vb.1.11; इतश्च- कोराक्षि विलोकयेति R.6.59;7.25; स्फुरदधरसीधवे तव वदन- चन्द्रमा रोचयति लोचनचकोरम् Gīt.1. (चकोरकः also.) (विषा- भ्याशे) चकारस्ये अक्षिणी विरज्येते Kau. Atmanepada 1.2.17.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अक्ष Adjective (Equivalent to -दृश्); इतश्चकोराक्षि विलोकयेति R.6.59.
- -दृश् Adjective having (eyes like those of a Chakora bird) beautiful eyes; अनुचकार चकोरदृशां यतः Śi.6.48.
- -नेत्र Adjective (Equivalent to -दृश्); द्विरदेन्द्रगतिश्चकोरनेत्रः Mk.1.3.
- -व्रतम् The vow id est, that is the habit of a Chakora bird of drinking nectar from the moon; चकोरव्रतमालम्ब्य तत्रैवासन् दिवानिशम् Ks.76.11.
- -चकोराय To act like a Chakora bird; चकोरायितुमेते च प्रवृत्ते यावदुन्मुखे Ks.89.41.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चकोरcakoram. (√चक् Un2.) the Greek partridge (Perdix rufa; fabled to subsist on moonbeams [S3a1rn3gP.; cf. Gi1t. i, 23]…
1. masculine gender (√चक् Un2.) the Greek partridge (Perdix rufa; fabled to subsist on moonbeams [S3a1rn3gP.; confer, compare Gi1t. i, 23], hence "an eye drinking the nectar of a moon-like face" is poetically called च्that the rest of a word is to be supplied BrahmaP. Katha1s. lxxvii, 50; the eyes of the Cakora चकोर are said to turn red when they look on poisoned food Ka1m. Naish. Kull. on Mn. vii, 217) MBh. Lalit. Sus3r. etc.
2. masculine gender (plural) Name of a people AV.Paris3. lvi
3. masculine gender (sg.) of a prince BhP. xii, 1, 24
4. masculine gender of a town (?) Hcar. vi
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

चकोरcakora[kakora] m. kind of partridge, perdix rufa, supposed to feed on moon-beams: hence an eye that gazes on a face…

[kakora] masculine kind of partridge, perdix rufa, supposed to feed on moon-beams: hence an eye that gazes on a face of moonlike beauty is so called; its eye is supposed to turn red at the sight of poisoned food; -vrata, neuter manner of the kakora, entranced gaze (drinking the beauty of a moonlike face); -dris, feminine; also equal for fair-eyed maiden; - ͜ akshî, feminine; also equal for the same

Source: Macdonell

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