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Mātaṅgalīlā: An Ancient Text on Elephant Science

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dc.contributor.author Sumant, S.
dc.contributor.author Godbole, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-08-24T04:57:10Z
dc.date.available 2016-08-24T04:57:10Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Sumant, S. and Godbole, M. 2016. Mātaṅgalīlā: An Ancient Text on Elephant Science. In: International Conference on Asian Elephants in Culture & Nature, 20th – 21st August 2016, Anura Manatunga, K.A.T. Chamara, Thilina Wickramaarachchi and Harini Navoda de Zoysa (Eds.), (Abstract) p 03, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 180 pp. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-955-4563-85-8
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14029
dc.description.abstract Mātaṅgalīlā is an ancient treatise on the science of elephants composed by an otherwise unknown Nīlakaṇṭha. The author hails from the Southern Indian State of Kerala. The manuscripts discovered by T. Ganapatishastri are from the 18th CE. The text written in Sanskrit language deals with various aspects of elephants in 12 sections such as the creation of veterinary science for elephants on earth, the types of elephants according to their time of birth, the auspicious and inauspicious characteristics of elephants, their life-span, their body structures and so on. Present paper will study all these aspects dealt with in this text and will try to apply them to Asian Elephants. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title Mātaṅgalīlā: An Ancient Text on Elephant Science en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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