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CULTURAL DATA IN TILAKAMANJARĪ
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Vrsabha known as anuduh (anadvān), Saurabheyah;? cow known as go; Horse known as turaga, Vājī, Aśva;' a mule as Aśvatara, a calf as Taranaka, a camel as Kramelaka,' a tortoise as Kamatha and Kūrmi (Kūrma).'
The Fish, Aquatics and Sea Fauna
Dhanapāla has mentioned Ayodhyā surrounded by a huge circle of moat having its ripples terrific with the Hippopotamuses, Crocodiles and long nosed ailigators." ** *FSK Uhom...... 6 Uldahl
He also mentions 'timi' or 'timiñgila'!2 a kind of whale or a fabulous fish of enormous size. It has been described that the throttling of necks used to be most frequent in case of whales and no strangulations were possible in the reign of Meghavāhana (FAHİ ISUE:).14
He refers to the word 'Makara's also known as 'Grāha'16 a shark in point of describing Cupid as a shark bannered god.
According to M. Williams— 'Makara' is a sea-monster sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin, regarded as the emblem of Kāmadeva.17
Śakula!S— a kind of fish, perhaps a gilt head."
1. TM Vol. II p. 259, Yugya Vol. II p. 270- a vehicle bull. 2. Ibid. Vol. II p. 258. 3. Ibid. Vol. II p. 258. 4. Ibid. Vol. II p. 256, Vol. III p. 116 (turanga). 5. Ibid. Vol. III p. 259, Sm. ed. p. 322. 6. Ibid. Vol. III p. 40, Vol. II p. 202 (Haya). 7. Ibid. Vol. II p. 256. 8. Ibid. Vol. II p. 257. 9. Ibid. Vol. II p. 259 10. Ibid. Vol. II p. 264, Vol. II p. 296. 11. Ibid. Vol. I p. 44 On Kumbhīra-along nosed alligator (Monier Williams) Skt. Eng. Dic. 12. Ibid. Vol. I p. 68 Cp. Raghuvamsa XIII. 10, TM Vol. II p. 296, Vol. III p. 73. 13. Skt. Eng. Dict. M. Williams. 14. TM. I, p. 68 L. 1 15. Ibid. Vol. II p. 233, Vol. II p. 307, Vol. II p. 279, Sm. ed. p. 319, Vol. II p. 294, Vol.
II p. 296. 16. Ibid. Vol. II p. 307, 311 17. Skt. Eng. Dict. p. 771 18. TM Vol. II p. 257, Vol. II p. 307. 19. M. Williams. p. 1046
