क्ष्विङ्का (kSviGkA)

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Capeller Eng

English

 क्ष्वि॑ङ्का f.
  a cert.
   animal.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 क्ष्वि॑ङ्का f.
  a kind of animal,  RV.
   x,  87,  7

 (‘red-mouthed monkey’ Sch.),  TS.
  v,  5,  15,  1.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 क्ष्विङ्का क्ष्विङ्का,  f.,  Ved. a kind of bird.

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Vedic Reference

English

 Kṣviṅkā is mentioned once in the Rigveda^1 as a bird of prey.
The word also occurs in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha, 
or horse sacrifice,  in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ^2 where the com-
mentary absurdly explains it as ‘a red-mouthed female ape’
(rakta-mukhī vānarī).
1) x. 87,  7.
2) v. 5,  15,  1.
Cf. Zimmer,  Altindisches Leben,  93.

Grassman

German

 kṣvíṅkā,  f.,  ein bunter,  rohes Fleisch fressender Vogel.
-ās [N. p.] āmā́das 〰 tám adantu éṇī́s {913, 7}.

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