vakra वक्र – coiled; bent

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vakrá ·a. crooked, tortuous, false, dishonest, ambiguous, malignant, inimical.

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Vakra, as, ā, am, crooked, winding, tortuous, curved, bent, bowed, meandering, curled, curly (as hair &c.); having an apparently backward motion, retrograde (said of planets); prosodially long (the form of the long mark being supposed to be curved), crooked in disposition, cunning, fraudulent, dishonest, prevaricating, indirect, evasive, ambiguous; cruel, malignant; (as), m. the planet Mars; the planet Saturn; Rudra or Śiva; the Asura Tripura; N. of a king of the Karūṣas; of a Rākṣasa; = parpaṭa; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people, (also read cakra); (ā), f., N. of a particular musical instrument; scil. gati, N. of a particular variation in the course of Mercury; (am), n. the winding course of a river, the arm or bend of a stream; the apparent retrograde motion of a planet; (in surgery) a form of fracture (when a bone is bent in a particular way or only partially broken); [cf. according to some, Lat. varus: Hib. fiar, ‘crooked, wicked;’ fiaras, ‘crookedness;’ fia- raim, ‘I incline, bend.’]

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vakra vakra, &c. See col. 2.

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vakrá (von 2. vak) UṆĀDIS. 2,13. gaṇa nyaṅkvādi zu P. 7,3,53. n. SIDDH. K. 249,b,1. 1〉 adj. (f. ā) a〉 gebogen, krumm, schief (Gegens. ṛju) AK. 3,2,21. TRIK. 3,3,364. H. 1456. H. an. 2,452. MED. r. 66. HALĀY. 4,11. dhanvan AV. 4,6,4. AV. 7,56,4. vayasaḥ pakṣau ŚAT. BR. 10,2,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 10,2,1,10. ŚAT. BR. 11,7,3,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 17,1,16. KĀTY. ŚR. 17,7,24. MBH. 3,10608. yantra SUŚR. 1,25,21. SUŚR. 1,27,15. dhanurvakra SUŚR. 94,1. samidh GṚHYASAṂGR. 1,29. fg. nāḍī trirvakrā SUŚR. 2,182,1. ketakī Spr. 5046. śikhā VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,12. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,16. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 47,24. vaṃśa Verz. d. Oxf. H. 155,b,22. dāru AK. 2,2,14. H. 1009. dāru ca vakrasaṃstham HALĀY. 2,148. bālendu˚ KUMĀRAS. 3,29. PRAB. 80,9. nāsā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 51,b,22. anāmikā madhyamā ca Verz. d. Oxf. H. 202,b,8. bhruvau bālaśaśāṅkavakre VARĀH. BṚH. S. 70,8. Spr. 3424. ŚĀK. 9. nakha RAGH. 12,41. nitamba VYUTP. 206. von Haaren so v. a. gelockt BHĀG. P. 1,19,27. BHĀG. P. 4,21,17. BHĀG. P. 5,2,14. ˚gati adj. sich schlängelnd Spr. 342. Spr. 3659. Ind. St. 8,368. ˚gāmin dass. HARIV. 5774. vakraṃ vrajati VOP. 20,4. ˚plutā mṛgāḥ KATHĀS. 27,156. panthāḥ MEGH. 28. agra˚ vorn gebogen, Bez. eines Blasenräumers WISE 370. SUŚR. 2,56,4 (˚vaktra gedr.). a˚ ĀŚV. ŚR. 3,1,17. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,51. ati˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 155,b,20. vakra krumm, schief und zugleich hinterlistig Spr. 4962. fg. KATHĀS. 40,48. — b〉 rückläufig, in rückläufiger Bewegung begriffen; von Planeten: gati BHĀG. P. 3,17,14. SŪRYAS. 2,12. ˚gate (v. l. ˚gatau) grahe SŪRYAS. 8,15. vakrātivakragamanādaṅgāraka iva grahaḥ MBH. 8,711. ˚ga VARĀH. BṚH. 2,20. GAṆITĀDHY. UDAY. 5. GAṆITĀDHY. UDAY. 6. vakrānuvakragā grahāḥ SUŚR. 1,118,21. maghāsvaṅgārako vakraḥ śravaṇe ca bṛhaspatiḥ MBH. 6,81. Ind. St. 10,205. fgg. — c〉 prosodisch lang (wegen der Gestalt des Längezeichens) Ind. St. 8,215. — d〉 krumm so v. a. unredlich, hinterlistig, zweideutig: ˚mati MBH. 3,8442. ubhe prajñe veditavye ṛjvī vakrā ca MBH. 12,3686. ˚dhī f. und adj. BHĀG. P. 4,3,18. fg. ˚vākya ŚIŚ. 10,12 (vgl. SĀH. D. 66,1). vacas Spr. 730 (vgl. Th. III, S. 409). apabhraṣṭavakrayā . girā KATHĀS. 17,141. KATHĀS. 50,163. saṃdeśa KATHĀS. 47,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 142,a,10. avakracetas KAṬHOP. 5,1. avakraga ehrlich verfahrend KATHĀS. 27,156. vakra hinterlistig, verschlagen, von Personen Spr. 2669. SĀH. D. 215,16. fg. (= vāmā). Spr. 4962. fg. KATHĀS. 40,48; an den drei letzten Stellen zugleich in der Bed. a〉. vakra = krūra TRIK. H. an. MED. — 2〉 m. a〉 der Planet Mars H. 116. H. an. HALĀY. 1,46. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,4. BṚH. 2,2. BṚH. 2,4. BṚH. 4,13. BṚH. 9,3. BṚH. 11,2 u. s. w. Ind. St. 2,261. HORĀŚ._in_Z. d. d. m. G. 4,318. der Planet Saturn TRIK. MED. — b〉 N. pr. eines Fürsten der Karūṣa MBH. 2,575. — c〉 N. pr. eines Rākṣasa R. 5,12,13. — d〉 pl. N. pr. eines Volkes (v. l. für cakra) VP. 188, N. 42. — e〉 = rudra DHAR._im_ŚKDR. — f〉 = tripurāsura ebend. — g〉 = parpaṭa RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 Bez. eines best. musikalischen Instruments LĀṬY. 4,2,1. — b〉 (sc. gati) Bez. eines best. Stadiums in der Bahn des Mercurs VARĀH. BṚH. S. 7,15. fg. Ind. St. 10,205. fgg. — 4〉 n. a〉 Krümmung eines Flusses AK. 1,2,3,7. TRIK. H. 1088. H. an. MED. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,5 (nach dem Comm. adj.); vgl. cakra (12). — b〉 Bez. eines partiellen Beinbruchs WISE 190. SUŚR. 1,300,19. SUŚR. 1,301,10. — c〉 die rückläufige Bewegung eines Planeten: kṛtvā cāṅgārako vakraṃ jyeṣṭhāyām MBH. 5,4841. MBH. 6,85 (wo śravaṇe zu lesen ist). HARIV. 4257. HARIV. 9875. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 1,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 2, S. 6, Z. 17. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 6,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 6,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 6,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15,31. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 47,13. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 97,1. BṚH. 7,11. GOLĀDHY. 5,40. GAṆITĀDHY. SPAṢṬĀDHY. 44. Ind. St. 2,284. BHĀG. P. 5,22,14. — d〉 a species of the Anuṣṭubh metre WILSON; fehlerhaft für vaktra. — Vgl. aṣṭā˚, kavāṭa˚, ku˚, trivakrā, dantavakra (unter dantavaktra), pari˚, rodho˚, vākrya.

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vakra 2〉b〉 MBH. 1,7019 (vaktra ed. Bomb.).

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vakrá — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā; Adv. vakram und vakra˚) — a〉 gebogen, krumm, schief; gelockt (Haare). — b〉 rückläufig, in rückläufiger Bewegung begriffen (von Planeten). — c〉 prosodisch lang (wegen der Gestalt des Längezeichens). — d〉 unredlich, hinterlistig, [Page6-003-a] zweideutig, falsch, verschlagen. — e〉 feindlich, ungünstig (Schicksal) zu Spr. 1918. — 2〉 m. — a〉 der Planet Mars. — b〉 *der Planet Saturn. — c〉 *eine best. Arzeneipflanze, = parpaṭa. — d〉 *Bein. — α〉 Rudraʼs. — β〉 des Asura Bāṇa. — e〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Fürsten der Karūṣa. v. l. vaktra — β〉 eines Rākṣasa. — γ〉 Pl. eines Volkes. v. l. cakra. — 3〉 f. cakrā — a〉 ein best. musikalisches Instrument. — b〉 ein best. Stadium in der Bahn des Mercurs. — 4〉 n. — a〉 Krümmung eines Flusses. — b〉 ein best. partieller Beinbruch. — c〉 die rückläufige Bewegung eines Planeten. — d〉 *ein best. Metrum; richtig vaktra.

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vakra a. 1 Crooked(fig. also), bent, curved, winding, tortuous; vakraḥ paṃthā yadapi bhavataḥ prasthitasyottarāśāṃ Me. 27; Ku. 3. 29. 2 Round about, indirect, evasive, circuitous, equivocation, ambiguous (as a speech); kimetairvakrabhaṇitaiḥ Ratn. 2; ([Page 0937-c]) vakravākyaracanāramaṇīyaḥ… subhruvāṃ pravavṛte parihāsaḥ Śi. 10. 12; see vakrokti also. 3 Curled, curling, crisped (as hair). 4 Retrograde (as motion). 5 Dishonest, fraudulent, crooked in disposition. 6 Cruel, malignant (as a planet). 7 Prosodially long. — kraḥ 1 The planet Mars. 2 The planet Saturn. 3 N. of Śiva. 4 N. of the demon Tripura. — kraṃ 1 The bend or arm of a river. 2 Retrograde motion (of a planet). Comp. — aṃgaṃ a crooked limb. — (gaḥ) 1 a goose. 2 the ruddy goose. 3 a snake. — uktiḥ f. a figure of speech consisting in the use of evasive speech or reply, either by means of a pun, or by an affected change of tone; Mammaṭa thus defines it: — yaduktamanyathā vākyamanyathānyena yojyate . śleṣeṇa kākvā vā jñeyā sā vakroktistathā dvidhā K. P. 9; for example see the opening stanza in Mu. ( dhanyā keyaṃ sthitā te &c.). 2 equivocation, insinuation, inuendo; subaṃdhurbāṇabhaṭṭaśca kavirāja iti trayaḥ . vakroktimārganipuṇāścaturtho vidyate na vā ... 3 sarcasm. — kaṃṭaḥ the jujube tree. — kaṃṭakaḥ the Khadira tree. — khaḍgaḥ, khaḍgakaḥ a sabre, scimitar. — gati, -gāmin a. 1 winding, meandering. 2 fraudulent, dishonest. ( — tiḥ f.) a crooked or tortuous motion, winding gait. — grīvaḥ a camel. — caṃcuḥ a parrot. — tuṃḍaḥ 1 an epithet of Ganeśa. 2 a parrot. — daṃṣṭraḥ a boar. — dṛṣṭi a. 1 squint-eyed, squinting. 2 having a malignant or evil look. 3 envious. ( — f.) squint, an oblique look. — nakraḥ 1 a parrot. 2 a low man. — nāsikaḥ an owl. — pucchaḥ, pucchikaḥ a dog. — puṣpaḥ the palāśa tree. — bāladhiḥ, -lāṃgūlaḥ a dog. — bhaṇitaṃ prevarication, evasion. — bhāvaḥ 1 crookedness. 2 deceit. — vaktraḥ a hog.

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vakrá krumm, schief, unredlich, falsch, hinterlistig. Abstr. vakratā f., ˚tva n.

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vakra vakra a. (vaṅk; sfx. ra) courbé; courbe; au fig. tortueux, trompeur, malfaisant. — S. m. surn. de Rudra, de Śiva, de Tripura; les planètes Mars et Saturne. — S. n. détour d'un ruisseau, d'une rivière; lith. wingis. vakrakhaṅga m. sabre. vakragrīva m. chameau. vakracañcu a. qui a le bec recourbé. — S. m. perroquet. vakratuṇḍa m. perroquet. Gaṇeśa. vakradaṃṣṭra m. porc. vakranakra m. m à m. homme au nez crochu, c-à-d. vil et dépravé. Perroquet. vakranāsika m. chouette, hibou. vakrapuccha m. chien. vakrapuṣpa cf. vakapuṣpa. vakrabāladhi m. chien. vakrabhaṇita n. paroles équivoques, langage évasif. vakravaktra m. porc. vakrāṅga m. (aṅga) oie; oie rougeâtre. vakri a. (sfx. i) qui tient des paroles évasives et trompeuses, un langage tortueux. vakrokti f. (ukti de vac) paroles équivoques. [Page560-1] vakroṣṭhikā f. (oṣṭha) sorte de sourire où l'on fait la moue en arrondissant les lèvres.