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Indian Culture (Journal of the Indian Research Institute) July - September 1945

1945

Among the quadrupeds that are broadly classed as beasts the lion is recognized as their kings precisely as the golden mallard (suvanna hamsa) is the king of the birds and as the ananda (leviathan) is the king of the fishes. [...] The beast of prey next to the lion in strength is the tiger as we find in the phrase—sihavyagghd. [...] The light yellow lion is like the cow having the colour of a palasa tree living on flesh and the last kind of lion has a very big mane on the shoulder and its face is of the colour of lac and its tail extends up to its feet. [...] The news of the death of its master is heart-breaking to it and it moans and laments greatly (Jataka No. [...] There are he-jackals and she-jackals.4 There was a cross-breed between a lion and a she-jackal with the result that the cub was just like its father in toes claws manes colour and figure but in voice it was just like its dam.5 The jackal enjoys the reputation of being the most cunning of all beasts (Jataka Nos.
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Pages
48
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120020
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii Devadatta Bhandarkar, Beni Barua, Bimala Law, Batakrishna Ghosh view
Animals in Early Jain and Buddhist Literature
1-13 B.C. Law view
Nrpati-Parivrajaka and Raval
13-14 Dasharatha Sharma view
On the Validity of Smrti Canons
14-19 Bishnupada Bhattacharyya view
Christianity in South India (A Newly Discovered Chronogram)
19-20 T.K. Joseph view
Ubhayasamyadim
20-20 K.A. Sastri view
Indological Studies
20-23 B.C. Law view
Early Buddhist 'Wayfarers' (Male and Female)
23-26 B.C. Law view
Isitala Tadaga in Kharavela’s Inscription
26-26 B.M. Barua view
Reviews
27-32 unknown view
Obituary
32-36 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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