SakunaH [ Sak-unan Uṇ. 3. 49 ] 1 A bird (in general); SakunocCizwaM Y. 1. 168. 2 A kind of bird, a vulture or kite. 3 A kind of song (sung at festivals). — naM 1 An omen, a prognostic, any omen presaging good or evil; Śi. 9. 83. 2 An auspicious omen. Comp. — jYa a. knowing omens. — (jYA) a small house-lizard. — jYAnaM knowledge of omens, augury. — SAstraM ‘the science of omens’, N. of a work.