Sanskrit · noun · Nature & the Garden
Papiha
पपीहा
said pa-PEE-haa
also written: papeeha, chatak, hawk-cuckoo
Meaning
The hawk-cuckoo or pied cuckoo; the rain-bird whose insistent cry pines for the raindrop and the beloved.
Literally: pied cuckoo
The hawk-cuckoo or pied cuckoo; the rain-bird whose insistent cry pines for the raindrop and the beloved.
Literally: pied cuckoo