Cakora

Cakora

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: the cakora bird (Telugu చకోరపక్షి).

In the scriptures: among the eight ways a sarpa meets its death, the Purāṇa names, in order, the peacock, man, the cakora bird, the hooves of cows, buffaloes and the like, the cat, the mongoose, the boar and the scorpion. The measure of a sarpa’s life is 120 years.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 33

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 33