As a Hindi name
चक्रवाक · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ चक्रवाकी] चकवा पक्षी — Śabdasāgara
चक्रवाक · ćakr-vāk · s.m.
= ćakwā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 436
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the Cakra bird (Anas Casarca; the couples are supposed to be separated and to mourn during night), &c.
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Dictionary citations
cakra—vāka m. the Cakra bird (Anas Casarca; the couples are supposed to be separated and to mourn during night), RV. ii, 39, 3; VS. xxiv f.; AV. xiv; MBh. &c.
cakravāka m. (-kaḥ) The ruddy goose, commonly called in India, the Brahmany duck or goose, (Anas casarca.) E. cakra an imitative sound, and vāka speech.
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