kāka

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[mw] m. (onomat. imitation of the cawing of the crow cf. kai Nir. iii, 18 Un2.), a crow AdbhBr.; Mn.; MBh.; R.; Sus3r.; Hit. 266,3 46945 m. (metaphorically, as an expression of contempt e.g. na tvāṃ kākaṃ manye, I rate thee less than a crow Pa1n2. 2-3, 17 Pat.; cf. tīrtha-kāka Comm. on Pa1n2. 2-1, 42) 266,3 46946 m. an impudent or insolent fellow L. 266,3 46947 m. a lame man, a cripple W. 266,3 46948

Root

√kaka कक

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Ātmanepada · laulye

to be proud,to be unsteady,to be thirsty

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m. (onomat. imitation of the cawing of the crow cf. kai Nir. iii, 18 Un2.), a crow AdbhBr.; Mn.; MBh.; R.; Sus3r.; Hit. 266,3 46945 m. (metaphorically, as an expression of...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 245
Texts Appeared In: 48

DCS: surpassing his own father | Monier-Williams: a modus coeundi, L.

Semantic Classification

Animal Abstract

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Concordance (Sample)

Agastīyaratnaparīkṣā surface: kāka

malaṃ bindur yavo rekhā veṣagyam kākapādavat
Skandapurāṇa surface: kāka

namo mārjārarūpebhyaḥ kākakokebhya eva ca
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: kākaḥ

mriyante makṣikāḥ prāśya kākaḥ kṣāmasvaro bhavet