Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t7.1

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Another industry was that of bird-catching and fowling. We meet the fowlers (*sauṇiya*) with bow and arrow aiming at partridges, ducks, quails, pigeons, monkeys and francoline partridges (*kapiñjala*)¹⁰⁶ Birds were caught with hawks (*viḍaṃsiya*), trapped in nets (*jāla*) and captured with the help of bird-lime (*leppa*)¹⁰⁷ With spades and bamboos, baskets in their hands, the fowlers (*aṇḍāvaṇiya*) went in search of eggs of female crow, owl, pigeon, *tittibhi*, crane, pea-hen and hen, which were cooked in baking-pans and were sold.¹⁰⁸ Peacock-tamers (*posaga*) were also known.¹⁰⁹ Cuckoos,¹¹⁰ partridges,¹¹¹ parrots, *madana śālikās*¹¹² (the female of the cuckoo) and other birds were tamed.