Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c18.170

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c18.170

30. *Śakunarūyam*, i.e. *Śakuna-vidyā*, "knowledge of the cries of birds." The *Lalitavistara* uses the wider term *Mṛiga-pakshī-rutam*, knowledge of cries of both birds and beasts. Rāmachandra uses the simple term *Śākunam* for this subject, the science of omens and portents.

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