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दर्विदा (darvidA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
द॑र्विदा
f.
 a sort of woodpecker,
MaitrS.
 iii
VS.
Monier Williams 1872
English
दर्विदा दर्विदा, f., Ved. a species of bird,
(according to Mahī-dhara) = काष्ठ-कुट्ट, a sort
of woodpecker
(perhaps corrupted fr. दारु-विध
cf. दार्वाघाट।)
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: दर्विदा
Root: दर्विदा
Gender: स्त्री
Number: all
अर्थः ⇒ दर्विदा इति बकभेदः
Meaning(s):
⇒ Peculiar kind of crane
Shloka(s):
2|3|10|2 ► बकजातिर्दर्वितुण्डो दर्विः क्रौञ्चश्च दर्विदा॥ (अन्तरिक्षकाण्डः/खगाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 2|3|10|2 ⇢ दर्विदा (दर्विदा) (स्त्री) ⇒ Peculiar kind of crane ⇒ दर्विदा इति बकभेदः
Related word(s):
परा_अपरासंबन्धः ➡ बकः1
जातिः ➡ पक्षी
Vedic Reference
English
Darvidā, the ‘woodpecker, ’ is mentioned as a victim at the
Aśvamedha or horse sacrifice, in the Yajurveda.^1 Cf. Dārvā-
ghāta.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 13, 1
Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 15, Vāja-
saneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 3. Cf. Zimmer,
Altindisches Leben, 93. The St. Peters-
burg Dictionary, s.v., suggests ‘wood-
piercer’ (dāru-vidha) as the literal sense.
On the etymology, cf. F. W. Thomas's
article. ‘The D.Suffix, ’ p. 121, in
Transactions of the Cambridge Philological
Society, 5, part ii.