kākuḥ

Dictionary meanings for kākuḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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kākuḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

f. 1 Change of the voice under different emotions, such as fear, grief, anger; bhinnakaṃṭhadhvanirdhīraiḥ kākurityabhidhīyate S. D.; alīkakāku- karaṇakuśalatāṃ K. 222. (Hence)

2 A word of negation used in such a manner that it implies the con- trary (affirmative), as in questions [Page0391-c+ 55] of appeal, (in such cases the in- tended meaning is suggested by a change of the voice), cf. Pt. 1. 146.

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