I do not have at hand Stephanie Jamison’s book "The ravenous hyenas and the wounded sun: Myth and ritual in ancient India”, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991 (xxi, 336 pp.), and though I have read the book, I do not remember how closely the hyenas are described, but surely this is a book to be consulted.
Best wishes, Asko > On 6. Jul 2022, at 18.05, Martin Straube via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Péter, > > both words seem to be attested by Indian lexicographers only. As to > depictions: Alexandra van der Geer, "Animals in Stone. Indian Mammals > Sculptured Through Time", Leiden 2008, p. 427, mentions that the stripped > hyena is totally absent from stone sculpture. So, I would be very interested > too in any descriptions or depictions of this conspicuous scavenger. > > With best wishes > Martin > > -- > Martin Straube > Research Fellow in Pali Lexicography > The Pali Text Society > www.palitext.com > > Zitat von Péter Száler via INDOLOGY <[email protected]>: > >> Dear List members, >> >> Can anyone point me to sources that describe hyenas (tarakṣu) in detail or >> contain the word yuyukkhura/kṣudravyāghra? Are there any studies about the >> depictions of striped hyenas? >> >> Kind regards, >> Péter Száler > > > > -- > Research Fellow in Pali Lexicography > The Pali Text Society > www.palitext.com > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
