Thank you to all who inspired me with a lot of material concerning the
royal hunt in Pali and Sanskrit literature.
The most helpful source is the German thesis of *Robert Kottenthaler
(1996): Die Jagd im alten Indien*. Additionally the author includes
material of early Indian art.
Heiner
Am 10.08.2021 um 21:56 schrieb Jesse Knutson:
namaskaromi friends, The Kāmandakīya Nītisāra also picks up the A.Ś.
material Mark brings up and goes into detail about the construction of
what it calls the "mṛgayāraṇya." See N.S. 15.29-15.42, prior to which
there is an elaborate warning against the dangers of hunting and a
pitch for alternative ways to get the benefits of hunting, e.g.
"yantralakṣya" for improving aim, exercise for toning the body, etc.
Best to all, bhavadīyaḥ,J
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 5:31 AM Mark McClish via INDOLOGY
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Dear Heiner,
As much can be implied in the Arthaśāstra at 2.2.3, which provides
rules for establishing the king’s /mṛgavana/. It is to be
provisioned, among other things, with /bhagnanakhadaṃṣṭravyāla/:
various kinds of vicious animals with their claws and fangs broken
or removed. Here is the passage from the Kyōto e-text:
/tāvanmātram ekadvāraṃ khātaguptaṃ svāduphalagulmaguccham
akaṇṭakidrumam uttānatoyāśayaṃ dāntamṛgacatuṣpadaṃ
bhagnanakhadaṃṣṭravyālaṃ mārgayukahastihastinīkalabhaṃ mṛgavanaṃ
vihārārthaṃ rājñaḥ kārayet /|/ sarvātithimṛgaṃ pratyante
cānyanmṛgavanaṃ bhūmivaśena vā niveśayet /|
Best,
Mark
On Aug 10, 2021, at 2:36 AM, Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY
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Dear listmembers,
I am searching for quotations (preferably in Sanskrit/Pali
sources) which clearly describe that for a royal hunting trip
the animal to be hunted has been caught beforehand and later
released for this royal hunt.
This would be helpful for the interpretation of a picture strip
which visualizes the Ālavaka-damana-story according to
thr Buddhist commentary literature.
Has any of you stumbled upon such a passage by chance?
Many thanks
Heiner
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