Sakuṇa [Vedic śakuna] a bird (esp. with ref. to augury) D i.71 (pakkhin+); Vin iii.147; S i.197; A ii.209; iii.241 sq., 368; J ii.111, 162 (Kandagala); KhA 241. pantha˚ see under pantha. -- f. sakuṇī S i.44. adj. sakuṇa J v.503 (maŋsa).   -- kulāvaka a bird's nest KhA 56. -- patha bird -- course, Npl. Nd1 155. -- pāda bird foot KhA 47. -- ruta the cry of birds Miln 178. -- vatta the habit (i. e. life) of a bird J v.254. -- vijjā bird craft, augury (i. e. understanding the cries of birds) D i.9; DA i.93.