Cātaka

By Jit Majumdar

1. a legendary bird considered to live solely on dewdrops or raindrops
2. the Pied Crested Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus serratus), which is treated in Sanskrit literature as a symbol of deep yearning (Kd. Sāhitya).

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