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Chakora (Sanskrit: चकोर, romanized: Chakora) is a legendary bird described in Hindu mythology. It is considered to be a partridge, most likely based on the chukar partridge. In texts such as the Mṛcchakatika, it is believed to feed on the beams of the moon (Chandra). The association of the chakora and Chandra has given rise to a number of folk love stories in North India. References

Chukar partridgeChukar partridgeThe chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), or simply chukar, is a Palearctic upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the rock partridge, Philby's partridge and Przevalski's partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first.Hindu mythologyHindu mythologyHindu mythology refers to the collection of myths associated with Hinduism, derived from various Hindu texts and traditions. These myths are found in sacred texts such as the Vedas, the Itihasas (the Mahabharata and the Ramayana), and the Puranas. They also appear in regional and ethnolinguistic texts, including the BengaliMangal Kavya and the TamilPeriya Puranam and Divya Prabandham.ChandraChandraChandra (Sanskrit: चन्द्र, romanized: Chandra, lit.'shining' or 'moon'), also known as Soma (Sanskrit: सोम), is the Hindu godof the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism). Etymology and other namesThe word "Chandra" literally means "bright, shining or glittering" and is used for the "Moon" in Sanskrit and other Indo-Aryan languages.MṛcchakatikaMṛcchakatikaMṛcchakatika (Sanskrit: मृच्छकटिकम्, romanized: Mṛcchakaṭikam), also spelled Mṛcchakaṭikā, Mrchchhakatika, Mricchakatika, or Mrichchhakatika (The Little Clay Cart) is a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Śūdraka, an ancient playwright who is possibly from the 5th century CE, and who is identified by the prologue as a Kshatriya king as well as a devotee of Shiva who lived for over 110 years.SanskritSanskritAncient Indo-Aryan language of South AsiaSanskrit (; stem form संस्कृत; nominal singular संस्कृतम्, saṃskṛtam,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age.

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