m. (cak-) the Greek partridge (Perdix rufa;fabled to subsist on moonbeams[ ; see ] , hence"an eye drinking the nectar of a moon-like face"is poetically called c-;the eyes of the cakora- are said to turn red when they look on poisoned food on ) etc.
चकोरः [चक्-तृप्तौ ओरन् Uṇ.1.64] A kind of bird, the Greek partridge (said to feed on moonbeams); ज्योत्स्नापानमदालसेन वपुषा मत्ताश्चकोराङ्गनाः Vb.1.11; इतश्च- कोराक्षि विलोकयेति R.6.59;7.25; स्फुरदधरसीधवे तव वदन- चन्द्रमा रोचयति लोचनचकोरम् Gīt.1. (चकोरकः also.) (विषा- भ्याशे) चकारस्ये अक्षिणी विरज्येते Kau. A.1.2.17. -Comp. -अक्ष a. (= -दृश्); इतश्चकोराक्षि विलोकयेति R.6.59. -दृश् a. having (eyes like those of a Chakora bird) beautiful eyes; अनुचकार चकोरदृशां यतः Śi.6.48. -नेत्र a. (= -दृश्); द्विरदेन्द्रगतिश्चकोरनेत्रः Mk.1.3. -व्रतम् The vow i. e. the habit of a Chakora bird of drinking nectar from the moon; चकोरव्रतमालम्ब्य तत्रैवासन् दिवानिशम् Ks.76.11. -चकोराय To act like a Chakora bird; चकोरायितुमेते च प्रवृत्ते यावदुन्मुखे Ks.89.41.
m. kind of partridge, perdix rufa, supposed to feed on moon-beams: hence an eye that gazes on a face of moonlike beauty is so called; its eye is supposed to turn red at the sight of poisoned food; -vrata, n. manner of the kakora, entranced gaze (drinking the beauty of a moonlike face); -dris, f. fair-eyed maiden; -½akshî, f. id.
noun (masculine) name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a town (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Greek partridge (Perdix rufa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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