Critical Introduction to Panhavagara

Author(s): Amulyachandra Sen
Publisher: Amulyachandra Sen

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- 56 I 12 -- karabha is utta in Pann , khagga is a rhinoceros, vânara not in Pann, kola resembles a rat, pot in Pann , Abh notes a päthän koka (not in Pann)
1 13 -- kolasunaka is a huge boar, sinyandalaga and avatta are solidungus lar, kokantıyas have toenails and cry "kauskau" at night, gokanna is brungular
I 14 - chagala is ayā in Pann, A diviya Taraccha (is at maraccha of Pann?) is the hyena, accha and bhalla are varieties of bears, the latter not in Pann
1 15 – cillala is the leopard (Abh understands this to mean a biungular), Pann has cattaga and another animal cıllaga, for saddula Pann has vagghā
is 17-19 - abs, ayagara, äsälıya and mahöraga are the four principal classes into which Pann divides uragas, äsālıya is a huge serpent like its two other companions, ahis are further divided by Pann into davvikaras and maulis, : e, those with or without a hood, gonasa is mentioned as one of the unhooded snakes in Pann, varâhı may be the ahı class in general or the disti-visa variety (mentioned in Pann) of the hooded snakes, as Abh explains, one of the unhooded soakes is also called abi in Pann, kāodara and dabbhapo (dajghap in Pann) are varieties of the hooded snakes in Pann, A hāudo, uraga class is called urasparısappa in Pann
1 20 – chirala (chiravırālıyā ir Pann) and saramba (sarantha in Pann, saramga in BF) are explained by Abh only as varieties of bhujaparisarpas višesa, seha is covered with sharp scales, sellaga (salla in Pann) protects its body by secreting oil from its skin, godha is a big lizard called gossāp in Bengali, it is not in Pann , undura is mūsā in Pann , sarada is a chamae. leon
1 21 - jāhaga has its body covered with sharp points, not in Pann, mungusa (A mugumsa) is the Anglo-Indian 'mungoose', khādahila has black and white stripes on its skin, not in Pann , vāuppiya is not explained by Abh nor also in Pann , ghiroliya (gharoilã in Pann, gharoliya in BF) is a kind of houseslizard (derived from grhaskokıla?) Sirisiva class is called bhuyasparisappa in Pana
I 23 - kādambaka is a kind of duck, not in Pann , ādhāsetiya is wens tioned as ādhā sedi in Pann among aerials with feathered wings, so are also the next three names, Abh says the vamjula has catechu-coloured beaks
1 24~ kiva and sauna are not in Pann, Abh says nothing of kiva, after sauna occurs another name diviya which is neither noted by Abh por in Pann Pípılıya is put in brackets in A, but not found in BF or Pann, it crics pi pi' says Abh, it is not to be confused with the ant which would be quite out of place here
Is 24 f -- dhattaro has black eyes and fect, this and the two following, on which Abh says nothing, do not occur in Pann Kumca is perhaps the same