Humans and birds

[Luis Gonzalez-Reimann]

Lars Martin,

This article might be useful:

Doniger, Wendy. 1993. Echoes of the Mahabharata: 
Why Is a Parrot the Narrator of the Bhagavata 
Purana and the Devibhagavata Purana? in Purana 
Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu 
and Jaina Texts, ed. Wendy Doniger, 31-57. Albany: SUNY Press.


Luis González-Reimann
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At 09:03 AM 4/26/2007, you wrote:
>Jaimini hears most of the Markandeya Purana not directly from
>Markandeya, but from four wise birds!
>
>On 25/04/2007, at 9:25 PM, Lars Martin Fosse wrote:
>
>Dear members of the list,
>
>I am looking for material in Sanskrit literature where humans and
>birds/other animals are connected or compared. Would any of you
>happen to
>have any knowledge of/references to such material?
>
>Best regards,
>
>Lars Martin Fosse
>
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>Alex (Alessandro) Passi,
>Dipartimento Studi Linguistici
>e Orientali
>Università di Bologna,
>Via Zamboni 33
>Bologna, 40126, Italy.
>
>a.passi at alma.unibo.it
>alexpassi at gmail.com
>+39-051-209.8472
>cellphone +39-338.269.4933
>fax +39-051-209.8443.
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>Alex (Alessandro) Passi,
>Dipartimento Studi Linguistici
>e Orientali
>Università di Bologna,
>Via Zamboni 33
>Bologna, 40126, Italy.
>
>a.passi at alma.unibo.it
>alexpassi at gmail.com
>+39-051-209.8472
>cellphone +39-338.269.4933
>fax +39-051-209.8443.