Birds in Sanskrit Literature

[franco at RZ.UNI-LEIPZIG.DE]

No specific identification with cakravaaka is made, but k. is used as  
a generic term for swans geese and ducks.
With best wishes,
EF

Zitat von Stephen Hodge <s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM>:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Does anybody have a copy of Dave's "Birds in Sanskrit Literature" to
> hand" ?  If so, could you do me a kindness ?
>
> I would like to know what he says about the "kaara.n.dava" and the
> "cakravaaka".  The "kaara.n.dava" is often identified with the
> "cakravaaka", but it also seems to be a different bird on occasion as I
> have encountered the two names side by side in texts.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Stephen Hodge



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