Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
:
kaṅka : [m.] a heron.
Source
:
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
:
kaṅká m. (fr. the above according to T.), a heron (the first heron is supposed to be a son of Surasā MBh. i, 2633) VS. xxiv, 31 SV. MBh. Mṛicch. &c
• a kind of mango L
• N. of Yama L
• of several men MBh. Hariv. BhP. &c
• a N. assumed by Yudhishṭhira (before king Virāṭa, when in the disguise of a Brāhman) MBh. iv
• a false or pretended Brāhman L
• a man of the second or military tribe L
• one of the eighteen divisions of the continent W
• (ās), m. pl., N. of a people MBh. BhP. VarBṛS
• (ā), f. a kind of sandal L
• the scent of the lotus L
• (ā and ī), f. N. of a daughter of Ugrasena (and sister of Kaṅka) BhP. VP
Source
:
Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
Related
:
kaṅkacit , kankala , kaṅkālabhairava , kaṅkālaketu , kaṅkālamālabhārin , kaṅk , kanjur , kañjiya , kañjinī , kañjika