a. [caṃc-un] 1 Celebrated, re- nowned, known.

2 Clever (as akṣara- caṃcu); oṣṭhena rāmo rāmauṣṭhabiṃvacuṃbanacaṃcutā Śi. 2. 14; see cuṃca. cuḥ A deer. cuḥ, cūḥ f. A beak, bill. Comp. puṭaḥ, ṭaṃ the bill of a bird when shut; caṃcūpuṭaṃ capalayaṃti cakorapotāḥ R. G.; Bv. 2. 99; amoci caṃcūpuṭamaunamudrā vi- hāyasā tena vihasya bhūyaḥ N. 3. 99; vya- likhaccaṃcupuṭena pakṣatī 2. 2, 4; Amaru. 13. prahāraḥ...