शकार शकुनि

शकुन

शकुन [शक्-उनन् Uṇ. 3. 49]
1 A bird (in general); शकुनोच्छिष्टं Y. 1. 168.
2 A kind of bird, a vulture or kite.
3 A kind of song (sung at festivals).
−नं
1 An omen, a prognostic, any omen presaging good or evil; Śi. 9. 83.
2 An auspicious omen.
−Comp.
−ज्ञ a. knowing omens. (
−ज्ञा) a small house-lizard.
−ज्ञानं knowledge of omens, augury.
−शास्त्रं ‘the science of omens’, N. of a work.

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