Cuckoo
animal · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
cuckoo · the cuckoo
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Birds
The bird presented by Pisthetaerus as the ancient king of Egypt and Phoenicia, whose call signaled the harvest.
Hence no doubt the proverb, Cuckoo!
The cuckoo was king of Egypt and of the whole of Phoenicia.
When he called out cuckoo, all the Phoenicians hurried to the fields to reap their wheat and their barley.
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
Bird cited in a simile for precedents that displace constitutional principles, as the cuckoo displaces the sparrow from its nest.
But, how can a nation love an embryo litter of fluctuating precedents, concealed in the womb of time, each of which as it grows, hustles some principle out of the constitution, as the cuckoo does the sparrow out of its own nest?
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
A cuckoo whose captivating song, arranged by Indra, is used as part of Rambhā's attempt to seduce Viśvāmitra.
He heard the sweet sound of the cuckoo singing, and with a gladdened mind he then looked upon her.
A cuckoo, captivating the heart, will be perched in a lovely tree in the spring season — I myself, together with Kandarpa (Kāma), will stand at your side.