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kakkara

, m. [cf. sa. krakara, krakana, kṛkara,
kṛkaṇa; v. EWA-1 s.v. kṛkara; EWA-2 s.v. kakkaṭa;
DED 908], partridge (Perdix Sylvatica ?) or jungle
cock; ath' eko sakuṇaluddako ekaṁ dīpakakak-
karaṁ ādāya ... araññe ~e bandhanto ... purāṇakak-
karaṁ bandhituṁ ārabhi, Ja II 161,13; ~o taṁ lajjāpe-
tukāmo mānusiṁ vācaṁ nicchāretvā ... āha, 161,17;
162,8'; — ifc. dīpaka-° (II 161,12); purāna-° (Ja II
161,14; 162,1*).

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