कङ्क

{ kaṅkḥ, kaṅka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

The name which Dharmaputra bore when he spent his life incognito at the palace of the King of Virāṭa. (See under Dharmaputra).
KAṄKA I   One of the seven famous archers of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty. The seven are: Kṛtavarmā, Anādhṛṣṭi, Samīka, Samitiñjaya, Kaṅka, Śaṅku and Kunti. [Chapter 14, Sabhā Parva] .
KAṄKA II   A King of ancient India. [Śloka 233, Chapter 1, Ādi Parva] .
KAṄKA III   A bird, son of Surasā. [Śloka 69, Chapter 66, Ādi Parva] .
KAṄKA V   A place of habitation of ancient India. This place was given to Dharmaputra as a gift by the inhabitants of the place. [Chapter 51, Sabhā Parva] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कङ्क  m.  m. ( fr. the above according to, [T.]), a heron (the first heron is supposed to be a son of सुरसा, [MBh. i, 2633]), [VS. xxiv, 31]; [SV.]; [MBh.]; [Mṛcch.] &c.
a kind of mango, [L.]
N. of यम, [L.]
of several men, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.] &c.
a N. assumed by युधिष्ठिर (before king विराट, when in the disguise of a Brāhman), [MBh. iv]
a false or pretended Brāhman, [L.]
a man of the second or military tribe, [L.]
one of the eighteen divisions of the continent, [W.]
कङ्क  m.  m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [VarBṛS.]
कङ्क  fn.  f( आ and ई). N. of a daughter of उग्रसेन (and sister of कङ्क), [BhP.]; [VP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कङ्कः [kaṅkḥ]   1 A heron; [Mb.11.16.7.]
A variety of mango.
 N. N. of Yama.
A Kṣatriya.
A Vṛiṣṇi.
A false or pretended Brāhmaṇa.
Name assumed by Yudhiṣṭhira in the palace of Virāṭa.
One of the 18 divisions of the continent.
 N. N. of a people (pl.); cf. कङ्कस्तरङ्गे गुप्ते च गृध्ने काके युधिष्ठिरे । कूले मधुरिपौ कोके पिके वैवस्वतेऽप्यथ ॥ [Nm.]
ङ्का A sort of sandal.
Scent of the lotus. -Comp.
-त्रोटः, -टिः   a kind of fish.
-पत्र a.  a. furnished with the feathers of a heron. (-त्रः) an arrow furnished with a heron's feathers; नखप्रभाभूषितकङ्कपत्रे [R.2.31;] [U.4.2;] [Mv.1.18.] (-त्रम्) a heron's feather fixed on an arrow.
-पत्रिन्  m. m. = कङ्कपत्रः.
माला a kind of musical instrument.
beating time by the clapping of hands.
-मुख, -वदन a.  a. shaped like a heron's mouth. (-खः,
-खम्), -वदनम्   a pair of tongs; शल्यानि व्यपनीयकङ्कवदनैरुन्मोचिते कङ्कटे [Ve.5.1.]
-वासस्  m. m. An arrow (कङ्कपत्र); असंपातं करिष्यन्ति पतन्तः कङ्कवाससः [Rām.5.21.26.]
-शायः   a dog (sleeping like a heron).

Shabda-Sagara

कङ्क  m.  ( -ङ्कः)
1. A heron.
2. YAMA or death.
3. A false or pretended Brahman.
4. A title of YUDISHṬHIRA, from his assuming the dis- guise of a Brahman.
5. A man of the second or military tribe.
6. One of the eighteen divisions of the continent.
7. The brother of KANSA.
8. A kind of mango.
 f.  ( -ङ्का)
1. A daughter of UGRASENA. 2. A sort of sandal.
E. ककि to go, अच् aff.

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ककि अच्