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शुकी (zukI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शु॑की (ई),
f.
 a female parrot (also the mythical mother of parrots, fabled as daughter or
accord.
 to some, wife of Kaśyapa),
MBh.
Pur.
N.
 of the wife of Saptarṣi (loved by Agni),
BhP.
Monier Williams 1872
English
शुकी, f. See under शुक।
Macdonell
English
शुकी śukī,
f.
 female parrot.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 शुकी, दाण्डिमप्रिया
noun
स्त्रीत्वविशिष्टः शुकः।
"मोहनः गृहे शुकीं पालयति।"
Mahabharata
English
Śukī. § 126 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2620 (daughter of Tāmrā), 2623 (mother of the parrots).--§ 127 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2633 (the same(?), daughter of Analā).
पुराणम्
English
शुकी / ŚUKĪ. A daughter of kaśyapa prajāpati. Five daughters named krauñcī, bhāsī, śyenī, dhṛtarāṣṭrī and śukī were born to kaśyapa by his wife tāmrā. krauñcī gave birth to owls. bhāsas were born to bhāsī and eagles and kites were born to śyenī. dhṛtarāṣṭrī gave birth to swans and Cakravākas. śukī gave birth to Natā and vinatā was the daughter of Natā. (vālmīki rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa, sarga 14).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
शुकी,
स्त्री,
 (शुक + ङीष् ।) कश्यपपत्नी । यथा, “शुकी श्येनी च भाषा च सुग्रीवा शुचि-गृध्रिका ॥
”अत्र शुचिभाषिका इत्यपि पाठः ।“शुकी शुकानजनयदुलूकी प्रत्युलूककान् ॥
”इति गारुडे ६ अध्यायः ॥
शुकपक्षिणी च ॥