m. (onomatopoetic (i.e. formed from imitation of sounds);kuk-) the Kokila or Koil (black or Indian cuckoo;frequently alluded to in Hindu poetry, its musical cry being supposed to inspire tender emotions) etc.
कोकिलः ला [कुल-इलच् Uṇ.1.54.] 1 The (Indian or black) cuckoo; पुंस्कोकिलो यन्मधुरं चुकूज Ku.3.32;4.16; R.12.39. -2 A fire-brand. -Comp. -आवासः, -उत्सवः the mango tree. -इक्षुः a kind of sugar-cane. -प्रियः (in music) a kind of measure. -व्रतम् N. of an observance.
A very frequent word in the Epic and later, denoting the cuckoo, is only inferred for the Vedic period from its being the name of a Rājaputra in the Kāthaka Anukramanī.
noun (masculine) a kind of mouse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of sugar-cane (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of venomous insect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a lighted coal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
charcoal
name of a mouse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rājaputra (considered as a Ṛṣi) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an author (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Indian cuckoo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of charcoal
a kind of crucible Frequency rank 3191/72933
noun (masculine) kokila charcoal
name of an attendant in Skanda's retinue (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Indian cuckoo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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