Cakora [Sanskrit cakora to kol (kor), see note on gala] the francolin partridge (Perdix rufa) Ja V 416; Vv 35 8 ; Vv-a 163. See also caṅkora.
cakora m. (√ cak , Uṇ. ) the Greek partridge ( Perdix rufa ; fabled to subsist on moonbeams [ ŚārṅgP. ; cf. Gīt. i, 23 ], hence ‘an eye drinking the nectar of a moon-like face’ is poetically called c° , BrahmaP. ; Kathās. lxxvii, 50 ; the eyes of the Cakora are said to turn red when they look on poisoned food, Kām. ; Naiṣ. ; Kull. on Mn. vii, 217 ), MBh. ; Lalit. ; Suśr. &c.
【陽】 鷓鴣，松雞。
(masc, masc) francolin partridge