Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c7.s1.11
Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c7.s1.11
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(vi) A few game-birds, specifically named as follows: सारस (crane) in rivers, lakes and canals, क्रौञ्च (osprey), उत्-क्रोशक (sea-eagle), दात्यूह (gallinule, an aquatic bird), हंस (goose or gander, swan, flamingo, etc.), चक्रवाक् (Brahmany duck), जीवजीवक (a kind of pheasant), भृङ्गराज (fork-tailed shrike), चकोर (partridge), मत्तकोकिल (cuckoo), मयूर (peacock), शुक (parrot), मदन-शारिका (Turdus salica—birds like mainâ).³