Cakravāka
Cakravāka · cakra-vāka
Grammar: masculine noun; cakra with vāka.
Meaning: a bird of the lakes and rivers, the jakkava of Telugu.
In the scriptures: the Purāṇa uses the word in these places.
- In the marks of a woman: a woman with a gait like the haṃsa, the cow, the bull, the cakravāka or an elephant in rut makes her kula shine and becomes a king’s wife (Brahma Parva, Chapter 5).
- In the marks of a man: a voice like the cakravāka marks kings and blessed men who sustain dharma (Brahma Parva, Chapter 26).
- In the account of the seven vyādhas: Brahmā tells the account, first told by Manu, and says that cakravāka birds passed their time to the end in Sarid-dvīpa (Brahma Parva, Chapter 40).
- At the lakes of the devas: Nārada describes the lakes where the devas sport, sounding with the cries of haṃsas, krauñcas, cakravākas and other birds (Brahma Parva, Chapter 130).
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 5, 26, 40, 130
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 5, 26, 40, 130