vakra &c. See p. 910, col. 3 .
vakra a. 1 Crooked( fig. also), bent, curved, winding, tortuous; vakraH paMTA yadapi BavataH prasTitasyottarASAM Me. 27 ; Ku. 3. 29. 2 Round about, indirect, evasive, circuitous, equivocation, ambiguous (as a speech); kimetErvakraBaRitEH Ratn. 2 ; ( pb ) vakravAkyaracanAramaRIyaH… suBruvAM pravavfte parihAsaH Śi. 10. 12 ; see vakrokti also. 3 Curled, curling, crisped (as hair). 4 Retrograde (as motion). 5 Dishonest, fraudulent, crooked in disposition. 6 Cruel, malignant (as a planet). 7 Prosodially long. — kraH 1 The planet Mars. 2 The planet Saturn. 3 N. of Śiva. 4 N. of the demon Tripura. — kraM 1 The bend or arm of a river. 2 Retrograde motion (of a planet). Comp. — aMgaM a crooked limb. — (gaH) 1 a goose. 2 the ruddy goose. 3 a snake. — uktiH f. a figure of speech consisting in the use of evasive speech or reply, either by means of a pun, or by an affected change of tone; Mammaṭa thus defines it: — yaduktamanyaTA vAkyamanyaTAnyena yojyate . SlezeRa kAkvA vA jYeyA sA vakroktistaTA dviDA K. P. 9 ; for example see the opening stanza in Mu. ( DanyA keyaM sTitA te &c.). 2 equivocation, insinuation, inuendo; subaMDurbARaBawwaSca kavirAja iti trayaH . vakroktimArganipuRAScaturTo vidyate na vA .. . 3 sarcasm. — kaMwaH the jujube tree. — kaMwakaH the Khadira tree. — KaqgaH, KaqgakaH a sabre, scimitar. — gati, -gAmin a. 1 winding, meandering. 2 fraudulent, dishonest. ( — tiH f. ) a crooked or tortuous motion, winding gait. — grIvaH a camel. — caMcuH a parrot. — tuMqaH 1 an epithet of Ganeśa. 2 a parrot. — daMzwraH a boar. — dfzwi a. 1 squint-eyed, squinting. 2 having a malignant or evil look. 3 envious. ( — f. ) squint, an oblique look. — nakraH 1 a parrot. 2 a low man. — nAsikaH an owl. — pucCaH , pucCikaH a dog. — puzpaH the palāśa tree. — bAlaDiH, -lAMgUlaH a dog. — BaRitaM prevarication, evasion. — BAvaH 1 crookedness. 2 deceit. — vaktraH a hog.