cakora | चकोर | cakora
cakora | चकोर | m. (√ cak | चक् |, Uṇ.) the Greek partridge (Perdix rufa; fabled to subsist on moonbeams [ŚārṅgP.; cf. Gīt. i, 23], hence ‘an eye drinking the nectar of a moon-like face’ is poetically called c˚ | च्˚ |, BrahmaP.; Kathās. lxxvii, 50; the eyes of the Cakora are said to turn red when they look on poisoned food, Kām.; Naiṣ.; Kull. on Mn. vii, 217), MBh.; Lalit.; Suśr. &c.
(pl.) N. of a people, AV.Pariś. lvi
(sg.) of a prince, BhP. xii, 1, 24
of a town (?), Hcar. vi
(pl.) N. of a people, AV.Pariś. lvi
(sg.) of a prince, BhP. xii, 1, 24
of a town (?), Hcar. vi