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'''Chakora''', ([[Sanskrit]]: चकोर) is a legendary bird described in [[Hindu mythology]] and is considered to be a partridge,<ref>{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46011/page/n425/mode/1up|page=419| title=Manusmrti with the Manubhasya of Medhatithi. Volume 5. Part III. |translator=Jha, Ganganath| publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|place= Delhi|year=1920}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.83638/page/n85/mode/1up|page=65| title=A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature | author=Downson, John|edition=4| year=1903| place=London| publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.}}</ref> most likely based on the [[Chukar Partridge]].<ref>{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/SanskritBirds/page/n441/mode/1up|page=362| title=Indian scientific nomenclature of birds of India, Burma and Ceylon|author1=Vira, Raghu|author2=Dave, K.N. | publisher=The International Academy of Indian Culture|year=1949}}</ref> In mythology (for example in the [[Mṛcchakatika|Mritchaktika]]<ref>{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/littleclaycartmr00sudruoft/page/n36/mode/1up|page=1|year=1905|title= The Little Clay Cart |translator=Ryder, Arthur William| publisher=Harvard University|place= Cambridge, Massachusetts}}</ref>) it is believed to feed on the beams of the moon ([[Chandra]], or Chand). The association of Chakora and Chandra has given rise to a number of folk love stories in [[North India]].<br />
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In the [[Mahabharata]], when [[Sudama|Kuchela]] was on his way to meet [[Krishna]], he saw the Chakora pakshi (bird). He was a rich man by the time he reached his house after meeting Krishna. Therefore the Chakora pakshi is believed to bring good luck.<br />
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