Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[mī-ūran Uṇ. 1. 67] 1 A peacock; smarati girimayūra eṣa de- vyāḥ U. 3. 20; phaṇī mayūrasya tale niṣī- dati Rs. 1. 13.
2 A kind of flower.
3 N. of a poet (author of the sūryaśataka); yasyāścoraścikuranikaraḥ karṇa- pūro mayūraḥ P. R. 1. 22.
4 A kind of instrument for measuring time. rī A pea-hen; (Proverb: varaṃ tatkālopanatā tittirī na punardivasāṃtaritā ma- yūrī Vb. 1., or varamadya kapoto na śvo mayūraḥ...
