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śuka

śúka m. (prob. fr. √ 1. śuc, and orig. ‘the bright one’) a parrot, [RV.] &c. &c.

a poet (?), [Rājat. v, 31]

Acacia Sirissa, [L.]

Zizyphus Scandens, [L.]

N. of a son of Vyāsa (narrator of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa to king Parikṣit), [MBh.]; [Pur.]

of a warrior, [MBh.]

of an Asura, [Hariv.] (v.l. śara)

of a king of the Gandharvas, [R.]

of a minister of Rāvaṇa, [ib.]

of a Brāhman ascetic, [Buddh.]

śúka n. N. of various plants (Acacia Sirissa, Bignonia Indica &c.), [L.]

a partic. drug and perfume (= granthi-parṇa, commonly called Gaṇṭhīāla), [L.]

the hem of a garment, [L.]

cloth, clothes, [L.]

a helmet or turban, [L.]

N. of a mythical weapon, [MBh.]