SukaH [ Sak-ka ] 1 A parrot; Atmano muKade zeRa baDyaMte SukasArikAH Subhāṣ. ; tuMqErAtAbrakuwilEH pakzErharitakomalEH . trivarRarAjiBiH kaRWErete majugiraH SukAH .. Kāv. 2. 9. 2 The Śirīṣa tree. 3 N. of a son of Vyāsa. [He is said to have been born from the seed of Vyāsa which fell at the sight of the heavenly nymph Ghṛtācī while roaming over the earth in the form of a female parrot. Śuka was a born philosopher, and by his moral eloquence successfully resisted all the attempts of the nymph Rambha to win him over to the path of love. He is said to have narrated the Bhāgavata Purāṇa to king Parīkṣit. His name has become proverbial for the most rigid observer of continence]. — kaM 1 Cloth, clothes. 2 A helmet. 3 A turban 4 The end or hem of a garment. Comp. — adataH the pomegranate tree. — taruH, -drumaH the Sirīsha tree. — devaH N. of Suka. — nAsa a. having an aquiline nose. — (saH) N. of the minister of Tārāpīḍa. — nAsikA an aquiline nose. — pucCaH sulphur. — puzpaH, -priyaH the Śirīṣa tree. — (yA) the rose-apple. — vallaBaH the pomegranate. — vAhaH an epithet of Cupid.