وك

वक vak, s.m. A heron; a crane, Ardea nivea, or A. torra, or A. putea (see baglā);—the tree Sesbana grandiflora, or Ӕschynomene sesban;—a kind of apparatus for calcining or subliming metals or minerals (consisting of two crucibles, one inverted over the other, and placed over a fire);—name of Kuver;—name of an Asuror demon (said to have assumed the form of a crane and to have been conquered by Krishṇ):—vakāsur (˚ka+as˚), s.m. The demon Vak:—vak-pāntī, s.f. A row or line of cranes:—vak-pushp, s.m. The tree Ӕschynomene grandifloraor sesban:—vak-ćāl, s.f. Walking slowly (like a crane):—vak-dhyān, s.m. The seeming contemplativeness of the crane; hypocrisy, dissimulation:—vak-dhyān lagānā, To practise hypocrisy or dissimulation:—vakdhyānī, adj. & s.m. 'Contemplative like the crane'; hypocritical, deceitful;—a hypocrite; a treacherous man:—vak-rāj, or vak-rājā, s.m. The king of the cranes (named Rāj-dharman; he was son of Kaśyap).