bheka भेक – a frog, (according to the Kathā-sarit-sāgara
substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
bheka ·m. ī f. frog.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
bheka bheka, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. 1. bhī), a frog, (according to the Kathā-sarit-sāgara XX. 77, the inarticulate sounds uttered by frogs were the result of the curse of Agni, who was betrayed by them to the gods when he took refuge in the water); a cloud; a timid man (= bhīru; cf. bhela); (ī), f. a female frog; a small frog; a kind of creeper, Hydrocotyle Asiatica.
Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive masculine
bhéka UṆĀDIS. 3,43. 1〉 m. a〉 Frosch AK. 1,2,3,24. AK. 3,4,23,140. AK. 3,4,25,177. TRIK. 1,2,26. H. 1354. H. an. 2,13. MED. k. 29. HALĀY. 3,40. VIŚVA_bei_UJJVAL. andhodapānastho bheka ivāhamasminsaṃsāre MAITRYUP. 1,4. MAITRYUP. 6,22. KAP. 4,16. DAŚ. 1,15. ṚT. 1,18. VĀGBH. 1,6,48. Die Frösche verrathen Agni und erhalten dafür ihre unarticulirten Töne KATHĀS. 20,76. fg. na bhekaḥ kokanadinīkiñjalkāsvādakovidaḥ KATHĀS. 30,78. alireti vanātkamalaṃ na bhekastvekavāso 'pi Spr. 856, v. l. HIT. 123,15, v. l. ˚śabdajñāna Verz. d. Oxf. H. 92,b,34. — b〉 Wolke H. an. MED. VIŚVA a. a. O. — c〉 ein furchtsamer Mensch (bhīru) H. an.; vgl. bhela. — 2〉 f. ī a〉 Froschweibchen AK. 1,2,3,24. — b〉 Hydrocotyle asiatica Lin. RATNAM. 228.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
bheka 2〉a〉 bhekīpati Froschmännchen Spr. (II) 1921.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
bheka — 1〉 m. — a〉 Frosch. — b〉 *Wolke. — c〉 *ein furchtsamer Mensch. — 2〉 f. ī — a〉 Froschweibchen [Page4-283-a] KAP. 4,16. ˚pati m. Froschmännchen. — b〉 *Hydrocotyle asiatica.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
bhekaḥ [bhī kan kasya netvaṃ; Uṇ. 3. 43] 1 A frog; paṃke nimagne kariṇi bheko ([Page 0825-b]) bhavati mūrdhagaḥ. 2 A timid man. 3 A cloud. — kī 1 A small frog. 2 A female frog. Comp. — bhuj m. a serpent. — ravaḥ, -śabdaḥ the croaking of frogs.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
bheka m., ī f. Frosch, -weibchen.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
bheka bheka m. grenouille; nuage. — F. [ī] femelle de grenouille. Hydrocotyle asiatica, bot. bhekaparṇī f. hydrocotyle.
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