[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c8.184 # Hindu Medicine c8.184 Hindu Medicine c8.184 - **Language:** English ### [c8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.184) dynasty. It seems that it was necessary for symbolic reasons that the emperor feed upon this bird, the mount and animal-representation of the war-god Skanda-Kārttikeya of pre-Aryan origin; the flesh of the peacock presumably was believed to contain the very substance which had the peculiar power to sustain the energy of the warlike nature of the imperial family; “ and even this peacock,” the emperor Aśoka boasts, having turned Buddhist and pacifist after sanguinary conquests, “ even this peacock is no longer killed every day.” - [Previous: c8.183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.183) - [Next: c8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.185) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.184) · Pramāṇa