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kāka

m. (onomat. imitation of the cawing of the crow, cf. √ kai, [Nir. iii, 18]; [Uṇ.]), a crow, [AdbhBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Hit.]


(metaphorically, as an expression of contempt, e.g. na tvāṃ kākaṃ manye, I rate thee less than a crow, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 17]; [Pat.]; cf. tīrtha-kāka Comm. on [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 42])


an impudent or insolent fellow, [L.]


a lame man, a cripple, [W.]


washing the head, bathing by dipping the head only in water (after the manner of crows), [L.]


a sectarial mark (tilaka), [L.]


a particular measure, [L.]


the plant Ardisia Humilis, [L.]


N. of a Dvīpa or division of the world, [L.]


m. pl. N. of a people, [VP.]; [Nal.]


n. a multitude or assembly of crows, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 37]


a modus coeundi, [L.]