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शुशुलूक (zuzulUka)

 
Capeller Eng
English
शुशुलूक
m.
°लू॑का
f.
cert.
birds.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
शुशुलूक - zuzulUka -
m.
- small owl
शुशुलूक - zuzulUka -
m.
- owlet [ baby owl ]
शुशुलूक - zuzulUka -
m.
- owlet [ baby owl ]
शुशुलूकयातु - zuzulUkayAtu -
m.
- demon in the shape of an owlet
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शुशुलूक
m.
a small owl, owlet,
Sāy.
on
RV.
vii, 104, 22.
Vedic Reference
English
Śuśulūka is found in the Rigveda^1 in the compound śuśulūka-
yātu, the name of a demon. According to Sāyaṇa, the word
means a ‘small owl.’ It appears in the feminine form, Śuśu-
lūkā, in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’)
in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā.^2
1) vii. 104, 22.
2) iii. 14, 17. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 93.
Capeller
German
शुशुलूक
m.
,
°लू॑का
f.
best. Vögel.
Grassman
German
(śuśulū́ka), m., ein Vogel, etwa Käuzchen (lautnachahmend, vgl. úlūka), enthalten in %%śuśulū́ka-yātu%%.