Vaishnava Dharmashastra 1.17
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 1.17
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- Sanskrit
1.17
piśācoragagandharvayakṣarākṣasamānuṣān
paśupakṣimṛgādyāṃś ca bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham
meghendracāpaśampādyān yajñāṃś ca vividhāṃs tathā //
(He created) Pisâkas (ogres), Uragas (serpents), Gandharvas (celestial singers), Yakshas (keepers of Kubera's treasures), Rakshasas (goblins), and men, cattle, birds, deer and other animals, (in short) all the four kinds of living beings, and clouds, rainbows, lightnings, and other celestial phenomena or bodies (such as the planets and the asterisms), and all kinds of sacrifices.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English