namaskaromi friends, The Kāmandakīya Nītisāra also picks up the A.Ś. material Mark brings up and goes into detail about the construction of what it calls the "mṛgayāraṇya." See N.S. 15.29-15.42, prior to which there is an elaborate warning against the dangers of hunting and a pitch for alternative ways to get the benefits of hunting, e.g. "yantralakṣya" for improving aim, exercise for toning the body, etc. Best to all, bhavadīyaḥ,J

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 5:31 AM Mark McClish via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Heiner,

As much can be implied in the Arthaśāstra at 2.2.3, which provides rules for establishing the king’s mṛgavana. It is to be provisioned, among other things, with bhagnanakhadaṃṣṭravyāla: various kinds of vicious animals with their claws and fangs broken or removed. Here is the passage from the Kyōto e-text:

tāvanmātram ekadvāraṃ khātaguptaṃ svāduphalagulmaguccham akaṇṭakidrumam uttānatoyāśayaṃ dāntamṛgacatuṣpadaṃ bhagnanakhadaṃṣṭravyālaṃ mārgayukahastihastinīkalabhaṃ mṛgavanaṃ vihārārthaṃ rājñaḥ kārayet | sarvātithimṛgaṃ pratyante cānyanmṛgavanaṃ bhūmivaśena vā niveśayet |

Best,

Mark

On Aug 10, 2021, at 2:36 AM, Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear listmembers,

I am searching for quotations (preferably in Sanskrit/Pali sources) which clearly describe that for a royal hunting trip the animal to be hunted has been caught beforehand and later released for this royal hunt.

This would be helpful for the interpretation of a picture strip which visualizes the Ālavaka-damana-story according to thr Buddhist commentary literature.

Has any of you stumbled upon such a passage by chance?

Many thanks

Heiner

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