• -sakuṇa a bird of prey, a vulture [Abhp. 645, 1049]; as one of the lucky omens enumerated (under the so-called mangala-kathā) at Kp-a.118 (with variant reading SS. cāta˚ & vāca˚, BB cāba˚) = Mnd.87 (on Snp.790) (T. reads vāta˚; variant reading SS vāpa˚, BB chapa˚).

cp. Epic Sk. bhāsa