vāraṇa (13527)
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Entry 13527, Page 477, Col. 2 -
(vAraRa, vAraRa)
vāraṇa¦ (m., = Pali id.; ignored by Senart), a kind of bird, which had a pleasant voice (Jāt. vi.539.16) and beautiful eyes (Mv); only in cpd. °ṇa-cakora-nayana: Mv iii.259.6; 267.15; 269.15; applied to Yaśodharā and Rāhula. In some Pali texts identified with the hatthiliṅga (cf. vāraṇa, elephant), which is described as a sort of vulture with a bill like an elephant's trunk (Childers, PTSD); but it seems questionable whether such attractive qualities as the above would be attributed to any vulture-like bird.