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Title: Animals in the inscriptions of Piyadasi
Author(s): Chakravarti, M.
Year published: 1906
Journal: Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Volume: 1 (17)
Pages: 361-374
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Asia - South Asia - India
Names in vernacular
Indian Rhino
Alasati
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - India
Value
Asian Rhino Species
Ancient India By the older Dharma-Sutrakars, the flesh of the rhino was permitted to be eaten, though one of the five-toed animals. Its flesh, if offered in the Sraddha, was deemed to gives special pleasures to the Fathers. Gradually, however, the feelings changed. In the time of Vasistha and...
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Location:
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Species:
Asia - South Asia - India
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
The rhinoceros was placed in the class Anupa (Car.Sutra xxvii. 37; subclass kulacarah, Sus. Ch. xlvi.). Its flesh is said to be a destroyer of cough, astringent, remover of winds, good for liver, pure, life prolonger, restrainer of urine and keeper (of health?) (Susi, ch. xlvi). Its flesh is pr...
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