bakaH 1 The Indian crane. 2 A cheat, rogue, hypocrite (the crane ( pb ) being a very cunning bird that knows well how to draw others into its clutches). 3 N. of a demon killed by Bhīma. 4 N. of another demon killed by Kṛṣṇa. 5 N. of Kubera. — kI = pUtanA q. v. Comp. — caraH, -vfttiH -vratacaraH , — vratikaH, -vratin m. ‘acting like a crane’, a false devotee, religious hypocrite; ( pb ) aDodfzwirnEkftikaH svArTasADanatatparaH . SaWo miTyAvinItaSca bakavratacaro dvijaH Ms. 4. 196. — jit m. — nizUdanaH epithets of 1 Bhīma. 2 of Kṛṣṇa. — paMcakaM the last five days of the bright half of the month of Kārtika. — yaMtraM a kind of retort. — vrataM ‘crane-like conduct’, hypocrisy.