hakkAra
hakkāra , m. , rarely nt. ( onomat. ; cf. hākkāra, hikkāra ; not related to AMg. , JM. hakkai, hakkārai, on which see Edgerton, Indian Studies in honor of C.R. Lanman , 29 ), designates a sound of joy, approbation, admiration, and esp. applause ; often foll. by hikkāra : janakāyasya hakkāra-hikkāra-bherīmṛdaṅgamarupaṇavaśaṅkhasaṃninādena Mv i.259.11 ; nearly the same phrase, ii.180.8 ; 444.1 ; iii.114.5 ( mss. hakkāra-pikkāra°); 443.13 ( mss. here hikkāra-pikkāra°); mahājanakāyena °ro ( applause ) mukto ii.75.4 , similarly 15; 76.11 (°raṃ muktaṃ, n. sg. , as if nt. ), 13 ( id. ); °ra-sahasrāṇi ( applause ) ii.458.6 ; iii.116.7, 10, 11 ; °ro dinno iii.38.12 ; °raṃ ( acc. ) ca kṣipantānāṃ 57.18 , and (of them) clapping applause ; hakkārakilikilāni 312.13 , of applause, cf. hikkāra .