Mriga Pakshi Shastra

Author(s): Hamsadeva, M Sundaracharya
Publisher: V Krishnaswamy

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:: They dance fairly and they possess a little passion. T'hey will
deliver young ones twice or thrice in their life time. They are quiet
after trained and they work and walk as men.
They must be carefully captured only by noose and carefully trained. Before attain their prime youth they must be caught else, they will not yield to anything owing to much passion and bad temper. They become old after their 9th year. Their hair wo:ild begin to wither in their old age and appear to be ugly. Their utmost age is 14 years. Owing to their meen mindedness and dull nature they are called THAMASA or infeiror class.
5th GROUP.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF RHINOCEROS E 8.
There are 2 kinds of Rhinoceroses in the forest. They resemble elephants ia all respects save trunk. They are black having short tails. They are very cruel and physically very strong. Their limbs are awkward and uniform. They are carnivorous and dull in naturo and slow in speed. They are terrible and harınful. Passion increases in summer season. They have intercourse either in the day-times or in the night-times. They first lick the female ones with their tongucs, turning around them and then begin to enjoy with them. They would enjoy either in bushes or in low places. Just after their enjoyments, they (female) become preguant. Owing to pregnaney they are reduced. They eat less food. Their delivery time is fixed to 10 to 12 months. The young ones suck their mother's milk till one year, when they begin to run and injure smaller animals. Their youtka begins in their 5th year.
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