[śak-unan Uṇ. 3. 49] 1 A bird (in general); śakunocchiṣṭaṃ Y. 1. 168.

2 A kind of bird, a vul- ture or kite.

3 A kind of song (sung at festivals). naṃ 1 An omen, a prognostic, any omen pre- saging good or evil; Śi. 9. 83.

2 An auspicious omen. Comp. jña a. knowing omens. ( jñā) a small house-lizard. jñānaṃ knowledge of omens, augury. śāstraṃ ‘the science of omens’, N. of a work.