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Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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kāka

{ka-ka.}

PTS p202
kāka
 
[onomat., cp. Sk kāka; for other onomat. relatives see note on gala ] the crow. The crow is said to have 10 bad qualities (has thievish ways). As bird (of the dead) frequenting prisons and crematories often with other carcass-eating animals (sigāla , gij~jha ). In compounds often used derisively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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