SakuniH [ Sak-uni ] 1 A bird; taruSakunikuraMgAn mETilI yAnapuzyat U. 3. 25 ; Ms. 12. 63. 2 A vulture, kite or eagle. 3 A cock. 4 N. of a son of Subala, king of Gāndhāra and brother of Gāndhārī, wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; he was thus the maternal uncle of Duryodhana whom he assisted in many of his wicked schemes to exterminate the Pāṇḍavas. The name is now usually applied to an old wicked-minded relative whose counsels tend to ruin. 5 N. of a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa. Comp. — ISvaraH N. of Garuḍa. — prapA a trough for watering birds. — vAdaH 1 the cry or sound of a bird. 2 the crowing of a cock.