शकुन शकुनी

शकुनि

शकुनि [शक्-उनि]
1 A bird; तरुशकुनिकुरंगान् मैथिली यानपुष्यत् U. 3. 25; Ms. 12. 63.
2 A vulture, kite or eagle.
3 A cock.
4 N. of a son of Subala, king of Gāndhāra and brother of Gāndhārī, wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; he was thus the maternal uncle of Duryodhana whom he assisted in many of his wicked schemes to exterminate the Pāṇḍavas. The name is now usually applied to an old wicked-minded relative whose counsels tend to ruin.
5 N. of a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa.
−Comp.
−ईश्वरः N. of Garuḍa.
−प्रपा a trough for watering birds.
−वादः 1. the cry or sound of a bird. −2. the crowing of a cock.

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