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कंक (kaMka)

 
L R Vaidya
English
kaMka {% m. %} 1. A heron
2. a kind of mango
3. an epithet of Yama
4. a Kshatriya
5. a false or pretended Brāhmaṇa, (e.g. Yudhishṭhira at the palace of Virāṭa).
पुराणम्
English
कंक / 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).
कंक / KAṄKA II. A King of ancient india. (Śloka 233, Chapter 1, Ādi Parva).
कंक / KAṄKA III. A bird, son of surasā. (Śloka 69, Chapter 66, Ādi Parva).
कंक / KAṄKA IV. The name which dharmaputra bore when he spent his life incognito at the palace of the King of virāṭa. (See under dharmaputra).
कंक / 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).