kAkaH [ kE SabdakaraRe-kan Uṇ. 3. 43 ] 1 A crow; kAkopi jIvati cirAya baliM ca BuMkte Pt. 1. 24. 2 (Fig.) A contemptible fellow, base or impudent person. 3 A lame man. 4 Bathing by dipping the head only into water (as crows do). 5 A sectarial mark ( tilaka ). 6 A kind of measure. 7 N. of a Dvīpa. — kA N. of several plants: kAkanAsA, kAkolI &c. — kI A female crow. — kA 1 A multitude of crows. 2 A modus coeundi. Comp. — akzigolakanyAya see under nyAya . — ariH an owl. — udaraH a snake; kAkodaro yena vinItadarpaH Kavirāja ; kAkodarasodaraH Kalo jagati Bv. 1. 76. — ulUkikA , — ulUkIyaM the natural enmity of the owl and the crow; ( kAkolUkIyaM is the name of the third Tantra in the Panchatantra). — ciMcA the Guñjā plant. — CadaH, -CadiH 1 a wag-tail. 2 a side-lock of hair; see kAkapakza below. — jAtaH the (Indian) cuckoo. — tAlIya a. (anything) taking place quite unexpectedly and accidentally, an accident; aho nu Kalu BoH tadetat kAkatAlIyaM nAma Māl. 5 ; kAkatAlIyavatprAptaM dfzwvApi niDimagrataH H. Pr. 35 ; sometimes used adverbially in the sense of ‘accidentally’; PalaMti kAkatAlIyaM teByaH prAjYA na biByati Ve. 2. 14. °nyAya see under nyAya . — tAMlukin a. contemptible, vile. — daMtaH ( lit. ) the tooth of a crow; ( fig. ) anything impossible or not existing; °gavezaRaM searching after impossibilities, (said of any useless and unprofitable task). — DvajaH the submarine fire. — nidrA a light slumber (easily broken). — pakzaH , — pakzakaH side-locks of hair on the temples of boys and young men (especially of the Kṣatriya caste); ka kapakzaDarametya yAcitaH R. 11. 1 , 31 , 42 ; 3. 28 ; U. 3. — padaM 1 the sign (⁁) in Mss. denoting that something has been left out. 2 an incision in the skin. — (daH) a particular mode of sexual intercourse. — pucCaH, -puzwaH the (Indian) cuckoo. — peya a. shallow; kAkapeyA nadI Sk. — BIruH an owl. — madguH a gallinule. — yavaH barren corn (the ear of which has no grain); yaTA kAkayavAH proktA yaTAraRyaBavAstilAH . nAmamAtrA na sidDO hi ( pb ) DanahInAstaTAnarAH .. Pt. 2. 86 ; taTEva pAMqavAH sarve yaTA kAkayavA iva Mb. ; ( kAkayavAH = nizPalatfRaDAnyaM ). — rutaM the shrill sound of a crow (considered as a sign of future good or evil under different circumstances); Śi. 6. 76. — vaMDyA a woman that bears only one child. — svaraH a shrill tone (as that of a crow).