Khañjana

Khañjana

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: a bird; the Telugu of the text gives kāṭukapiṭṭa.

In the scriptures: the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, on the lakshaṇas (marks) of women, says that a woman with eyes like a khañjana bird, a deer or a boar enjoys bhogas wherever she is born (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 5).

Related terms: Lakshaṇa

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 5