Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c6.s3.39
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c6.s3.39
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c6.s3.39
It seems that the snake was the most dangerous creature, specially the black-snake (kaṇhasappo).⁴ Particularly the breath coming from its nostrils (nāsāvāta) was believed to be very poisonous, causing blindness if it fell on the eyes.⁵ Whether this was the same as the ahivātaroga, by which the whole family of the Amba Jātaka, except the son who broke through the wall and escaped, was destroyed, we have no means to ascertain.⁶ Snake-bites were