krauncha
क्रौञ्च krauñcaA curlew or heron; the bird whose killing by a hunter moved Valmiki to utter the first verse of poetry.
Where this term appears
- Hindu cosmology: the fourteen worlds and the ages of the universe Essentials
…"The seven great insular continents are Jambu, Plakṣa, Śālmali, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka, and Puṣkara, surrounded severally by seven great seas, the sea of salt water, of sugar-cane juice, of wine, of clarified butt…
- The Twelve Jyotirlingas Temples
Kumara, also called Kartikeya, lost a contest to his brother Ganesha and withdrew in hurt pride to Mount Krauncha.
- The First Poem Treatise
… the Tamasa, and Valmiki, walking the bank, caught sight of a pair of krauncha birds, curlews or herons, moving together in the shallows, calling to each other in the unguarded way of creatures that believe the…