Crow lore

[mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU]

though not properly indological, berhold laufer wrote an excellent article 
concerning a tibetan dunhuang crow divination manual. if you write to me off 
list i will dig up the precise reference
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>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:48:57 +0300
>From: Klaus Karttunen <klaus.karttunen at HELSINKI.FI>  
>Subject: Re: Crow lore  
>To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
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>For crow and bird omens see Agnipurāṇa  231f.,  Mīnarāja, Yavanajātaka 
68,  Bṛhatsaṁhitā 46 & 86–88 & 95,  Śivatattvaratnākara 5, 8,  
Vasantarājaśakuna (esp. 12),  Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna p. 175–180. 
>
>Best,
>Klaus
>
>Klaus Karttunen
>Professor of South Asian and Indoeuropean Studies
>Asian and African Studies, Department of World Cultures
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>
>On Apr 16, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Jan Filipsky wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
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>> a student of mine is preparing an essay on vayasavidya, with special 
regard
>> to omens,  longevity, creation and hell.
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>> Could you kindly suggest some relevant literature?
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>> 
>> Regards, Jan Filipsky
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>> 
Matthew T. Kapstein
Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
The University of Chicago Divinity School

Directeur d'études
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris