mayUraH [ mI-Uran Uṇ. 1. 67 ] 1 A peacock; smarati girimayUra eza devyAH U. 3. 20 ; PaRI mayUrasya tale nizIdati Rs. 1. 13. 2 A kind of flower. 3 N. of a poet (author of the sUryaSataka ); yasyAScoraScikuranikaraH karRapUro mayUraH P. R. 1. 22. 4 A kind of instrument for measuring time. — rI A pea-hen; (Proverb: — varaM tatkAlopanatA tittirI na punardivasAMtaritA mayUrI Vb. 1. , or varamadya kapoto na Svo mayUraH ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’.) Comp. — ariH a lizard. — ketuH an epithet of Kārtikeya. — grIvakaM blue vitriol. — cawakaH the domestic cock. — cUqA a peacock's crest. — tutTaM blue vitriol. — patrin a. feathered with peacock's feathers (as an arrow); R. 3. 56. — padakaM a scratch in the form of a peacock's foot (made with the fingernails.) — raTaH an epithet of Kārtikeya. — vyaMsakaH a cunning peacock. — SiKA 1 a peacock's crest. 2 a cock's comb.