प्रतुद

{ pratudḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-°तुद  m.  m. id., Gaut, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Suśr.]

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प्र °तुद

an instrument for piercing, [Suśr.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रतुदः [pratudḥ]   1 An epithet of a class of birds (such as hawks, parrots, crows &c.); [Ms.5.13;] हारितो धवलः पाण्डुश्चित्रपक्षो बृहच्छुकः । पारावतः खञ्जरीटः पिकाद्याः प्रतुदाः स्मृताः ॥ प्रतुद्य भक्षयन्त्येते तुण्डेन प्रतुदास्ततः
An instrument for pricking.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रतुद  m.  ( -दः)
1. A bird of game, a falcon, a hawk, or rather one that kills or strikes with his beak, including also the owl, parrot, crow, raven, peacock, &c.
2. An instrument for pricking.
E. प्र before, तुद् to torment, (with the beak,) and क aff.

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प्र तुद् क