बक [ baka ] [ baka ] m. ( also written [ vaka ] ) a kind of heron or crane , Ardea Nivea (often fig. = a hypocrite , cheat , rogue , the crane being regarded as a bird of great cunning and deceit as well as circumspection) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

Sesbana Grandiflora Lit. L.

an apparatus for calcining or subliming metals or minerals Lit. L.

N. of Kubera Lit. L.

of a demon Lit. MānGṛ.

of an Asura (said to have assumed the form of a crane and to have been conquered by Kṛishṇa) Lit. BhP.

of a Rākshasa killed by Bhīma-sena Lit. MBh.

of a Ṛishi (with the patr. Dālbhi or Dālbhya) Lit. Kāṭh. Lit. ChUp. Lit. MBh.

of a peasant Lit. HPariś.

of a king Lit. Rājat.

(pl.) of a people Lit. MBh.

[ bakī ] f. a female crane Lit. Vās. Sch.

a female demon = [ pūtanā ] Lit. BhP. Sch.