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http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14028| Title: | Characteristics of Asian Elephants from Ancient Sanskrit Texts |
| Authors: | Godbole, M. Sumant, S. |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka |
| Citation: | Godbole, M. and Sumant, S. 2016. Characteristics of Asian Elephants from Ancient Sanskrit Texts. 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 02, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 180 pp. |
| Abstract: | Elephants have been the center of discussion in the ancient Sanskrit veterinary texts such as Hastyāurveda and Mātaṅgalīlā. These texts focus on diseases of elephants and their cure. Texts such as Mṛgapakṣiśāstra, is a treatise that deals with many animals, including elephants, their characteristics as well as their types. Naturally, all these texts mention the characteristics of elephants in the beginning. Elephants being an important part of warfare, the texts dealing with State Affairs such as Arthaśāstra also discuss the characteristics of elephants. The Encyclopedic Treatise such as Bṛhatsaṁhitā is also not an exception when it states the characteristics of elephants in its 67th chapter. The present paper will consult all these treatises and will try to state the characteristics of Asian Elephants seen in ancient Sanskrit texts. |
| URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14028 |
| ISBN: | 978-955-4563-85-8 |
| Appears in Collections: | International Conference on Asian Elephants in Culture & Nature |
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