śakuniḥ

1. śakuni

śakuni m. a bird ( esp. a large bird, L. = gṛdhra or cilla, accord. to some ‘a cock’), RV. &c. &c.

2. śakuni

of the brother of queen Gāndhārī (and therefore the brother-in-law of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the Mātula or maternal uncle of the Kuru princes; as son of Subala , king of Gāndhāra , he is called Saubala ; he often acted as counsellor of Duryodhana , and hence his name is sometimes applied to an old officiou

3. śakunī

N. of a female demon (sometimes identified with Durgā ) causing a partic. child's disease (sometimes = pūtanā, and in this sense also śakuni), MBh. ; Hariv.