शीवन् शुक्

शुक

शुक [शक्-क]
1 A parrot; आत्मनो मुखदे षेण बध्यंते शुकसारिकाः Subhāsh.; तुंडैराताब्रकुटिलैः पक्षैर्हरितकोमलैः । त्रिवर्ण- राजिभिः कण्ठैरेते मजुगिरः शुकाः ॥ Kāv. 2. 9.
2 The Śirīṣa tree.
3 N. of a son of Vyāsa. [He is said to have been born from the seed of Vyāsa which fell at the sight of the heavenly nymph Ghṛtācī while roaming over the earth in the form of a female parrot. Śuka was a born philosopher, and by his moral eloquence successfully resisted all the attempts of the nymph Rambha to win him over to the path of love. He is said to have narrated the Bhāgavata Purāṇa to king Parīkṣit. His name has become proverbial for the most rigid observer of continence]
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−कं
1 Cloth, clothes.
2 A helmet.
3 A turban
4 The end or hem of a garment.
−Comp.
−अदतः the pomegranate tree. −तरुः, −द्रुमः the Sirīsha tree.
−देवः N. of Suka.
−नास a. having an aquiline nose. (
−सः) N. of the minister of Tārāpīḍa.
−नासिका an aquiline nose.
−पुच्छः sulphur. −पुष्पः, −प्रियः the Śirīṣa tree. (
−या) the rose-apple.
−वल्लभः the pomegranate.
−वाहः an epithet of Cupid.

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