# कीचक (kīcaka)

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कीचक (kīcaka) is a Sanskrit word meaning a hollow bamboo, name of a chief of the army of king Virata, name of a Daitya, a Rakshasa, a kind of bird, an ancient people. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Hollow Bamboo, Reed, or Tree, Kīcaka, Commander of Virāṭa's Army, Mythological Being (Daitya, Rākṣasa, Demon).

- **Root:** चीक् (cīk)
- **Etymology:** E. चीक to touch, to sound, वुन् Uṇādi affix, and the radical consonants transposed — E. cīka to touch, to sound, vun Uṇādi affix, and the radical consonants transposed
- **SLP1:** `kIcaka`  **IAST:** kīcaka  **Devanagari:** कीचक
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kichaka
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kichaka/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Hollow Bamboo, Reed, or Tree (9 definitions)
- a hollow bamboo  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 284,3] कीचक (kīcaka) m. (√ चीक् (cīk), Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) v, 36 ) a hollow bamboo (whistling or rattling in the wind, Arundo Karka ), MBh.; R. &c. [ ID=50697 ]
- 1. A kind of bamboo. 2. A general of Virata vanquished by Bhimasena. 3. A people.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 068-3 ] कीचक (kīcaka) kīcaka, m. kind of bamboo; m. a general of Virāṭa, vanquished by Bhīmasena : pl. N. of a people. [ ID=5932 ]
- 1. A bamboo whistling in the wind. 2. Any hollow bamboo. 3. A reed. 4. A demon. 5. A goblin. 6. A kind of tree. 7. A prince, son of Kekaya.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 223 ] कीचक (kīcaka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) 1 A bamboo whistling or rattling in the wind. 2 Any hollow bamboo. 3 A reed. 4 A Daitya or infernal demon so named. 5 A particular Rākṣasa or goblin. 6 A kind of tree. 7 A prince, the son of KEKAYA. E. चीक (cīka) to touch, to sound, वुन् (vun) Uṇādi affix, and the radical consonants transposed. [ ID=10494 ]
- 1. A bamboo whistling in the wind. 2. A reed. 3. A demon. 4. A tree. 5. A prince.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 188-b ] कीचक (kīcaka) ( कः ) ((kaḥ)) 1. m. A bambu whistling or rattling in the wind; a reed; a demon; a tree; a prince. [ ID=9935 ]
- 1. A hollow bamboo. 2. A whistling bamboo. 3. A people. 4. The commander-in-chief of King Virata.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 190-21 ] कीचक (kīcaka) n. 1. A hollow bamboo; 2. a whistling bamboo, स कीचक (kīcaka) ैर्मारुतपूर्णरंध्रैः (sa kīcakairmārutapūrṇaraṃdhraiḥ) R. ii.12, 73, K.S. i.8; 3. name of a people; 4. name of the commander-in-chief of king Virāṭa. (See App. II.) [ ID=9462 ]
- 1. A bamboo whistling in the wind. 2. Any hollow bamboo. 3. A reed. 4. A demon. 5. A goblin. 6. A kind of tree. 7. A prince.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 183-b ] कीचक (kīcaka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) 1. A bamboo whistling or rattling in the wind. 2. Any hollow bamboo. 3. A reed. 4. A Daitya or infernal demon so named. 5. A particular Rakshasa or goblin. 6. A kind of tree. 7. A prince, the son of KEKAYA. E. चीक (cīka) to touch, to sound, वुन् (vun) Unadi affix, and the radical consonants transposed. [ ID=10487 ]
- 1. A kind of bamboo. 2. A hollow bamboo. 3. A people.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 0188-a ] कीचक (kīcaka) kīcaka, m. 1. A kind of bamboo, Arundo karka, Roxb., Rām. 4, 44, 76. 2. A hollow bamboo, Ragh. 2, 12. 3. pl. The name of a people, MBh. 1, 6085. [ ID=3437 ]
- 1. Reed or sedge. 2. Name of an ancient chief. 3. A people.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 122 ] कीचक (kīcaka) m. reed, sedge; m. N. of an ancient chief, pl. of a people. [ ID=7828 ]
- 1. A hollow bamboo. 2. A bamboo whistling or rattling in the wind or a reed. 3. A kind of tree. 4. A people or tribe. 5. A demon or goblin.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 0231-a ] कीचक (kīcaka) kīcaka, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. cīk ), a hollow bamboo; a bamboo whistling or rattling in the wind, Arundo Karka, a reed; a kind of tree; N. of a people, a tribe of the Kekayas, (a Kīcaka is chief of the army of king Virāṭa, and is conquered by Bhīma-sena); N. of a Daitya or demon; a certain Rākṣasa or goblin. —Kīcaka-jit, t, or kīcaka- nisūdana, as, or kīcaka-bhid, t, m. an epithet of Bhīma-sena, conqueror of Kīcaka. —Kīcaka-badha, as, m. ‘the killing of Kīcaka,’ title of a poem. [ ID=14839 ]

### Kīcaka, Commander of Virāṭa's Army (2 definitions)
- Name of a chief of the army of king Virata  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a chief of the army of king Virāṭa (conquered by Bhīma-sena), Mahābhārata (Title) i, 328; iv, 376 ff.; Pañcat. [ ID=50698 ]
- the commander-in-chief and brother-in-law of Virata  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > कीचक (kīcaka) [Printed book page 406-2 ] Kīcaka, the senāpati and brother-in-law of Virāṭa. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 483 ( duṣṭātmano vadho yatra K°sya Vṛkodarāt, cf. § 551).—§ 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 14, 376 ( senāpatir Virāṭasya ), 377, †383, (384), 416, 424, †429, †430; 15, 431, (432), 439, 440, 444, 447, 448; 16, (452), (456), †458, 460, 461, 462, 464, 465, 483, 484, 487, 500, 501; 18, 527, 529 ( Virāṭasya…senānīḥ…śyālaḥ ); 21, 643, 644, 662, 663, 665, 668, 670, 672, 676 ( Virāṭasya… sārathiḥ ), 684, 687, 689, 692; 22, 694, 700, 705, (707), 711, 712, 716, 718, 719, 720, 725, 727, 730, 731, 733, 734, 735, 739, 754, 758, 762, 763, 766, 770, 775, †777, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 789 ( vinipātitaṃ ); 23, 793, 794, 797 ( hataḥ ), 799 (do., the slaughter of K. and his relatives by Bhīmasena on account of Draupadī).—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 25, 861, 862, 864, 880 ( b: K. had repeatedly vanquished and slain the Trigartas); 30, 972 (had several times vanquished the Trigarta king Suśarman), 974; 31, 1002 ( hataḥ ).—§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 8, 223 (all. to § 551).—§ 562 (Bhaga- vadyānap.): V, 90 ο, 3151 ( °sya…hantā, i.e. Bhīmasena, cf. § 551).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 139, 5799 °o nihato yathā, all. to § 551).—§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 50, 2413 ( sagaṇo hataḥ, do.).—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 11, 598 ( Virāṭanagare K°ena bhrśārditāṃ, sc. Kṛṣṇā, do.).—§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 16, 502 ( °ena padā vadhaṃ, do.).—§ 779 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 12 α, 325 ( °ena padā vadhaḥ, do.). Cf. Sūtaputra. [ ID=5744 ]

### Mythological Being (Daitya, Rākṣasa, Demon) (2 definitions)
- name of a Daitya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Daitya, L. [ ID=50699 ]
- a Rakshasa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Rākṣasa, L. [ ID=50700 ]

### The Kīcakas (A People or Tribe) (2 definitions)
- an ancient people  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 284,3] कीचक (kīcaka) m. pl. N. of a people (a tribe of the Kekayas), MBh. [ ID=50701 ]
- a tribe or family  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kīcaka, pl. ( °āḥ ), a tribe or family. § 10 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 328 ( °ānāṃ vadhaḥ parva, i.e. Kīcakavadhaparvan).— § 214 (Hiḍimbavadhap.): I, 156, 6085 ( Matsyāṃs Trigartān Pāñcālān K°ān antareṇa, the Pāṇḍavas went to Ekacakrā).— § 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 22, 751 ( °ānāṃ mukhyasya, i.e. Kīcaka), 774 ( °ādhamaṃ, i.e. Kīcaka); 23, 801, 811, 827 (105 Kīcakas are slain by Bhīmasena); 24, 835.—§ 552 Page407-a+ 63 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 44, 1372 (had been slain for the sake of Draupadī).—§ 553 (Vaivāhikap.): IV, 71, 2293 ( hantā K°ānāṃ, i.e. Bhīmasena), 2296 ( hatāḥ ). Cf. Sūta, pl., Sūtaputra, pl. [ ID=5745 ]

### A Kind of Bird (1 definition)
- a kind of bird  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1324,3] a kind of bird, R. [ ID=50700.1 sup ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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