śakúni m. a bird (esp. a large bird, [L.] = gṛdhra or cilla, accord. to some ‘a cock’), [RV.] &c. &c.
(in astronomy) N. of the first fixed karaṇa (q.v.), [VarBṛS.]
N. of a Nāga, [MBh.]
of an evil demon (son of Duḥ-saha), [MārkP.]
of an Asura (son of Hiraṇyākṣa and father of Vṛka), [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of the brother of queen Gāndhārī (and therefore the brother-in-law of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the Mātula or maternal uncle of the Kuru princes; as son of Subala, king of Gāndhāra, he is called Saubala; he often acted as counsellor of Duryodhana, and hence his name is sometimes applied to an old officious relative whose counsels tend to misfortune), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (cf. [IW. 380])
of a son of Vikukṣi and grandson of Ikṣvāku, [Hariv.]
of a son of Daśa-ratha, [ib.]; [BhP.]
of the great-grandfather of Aśoka, [Rājat.]
du. N. of the Aśvins, [MW.]
śakúni f(i or I). , see below.