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Eight feet means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Animals having Eight Feet (e.g., the Śarabha) were commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings (representing scenes of animal life), in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [For example:] [...] A wild boar was being attacked by leopard, and the leopard was attacked by a tiger, the latter instantaneously by a lion and the lion by a wild Śarabha (stronger than a lion and said to have eight feet).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Partial matches: Foot.
Full-text: Emtadi, Nerekolu, Utpadaka, Gilagamci, Lathi khela, Ashtapada, Putraka, Leopard, Cat, Spider, Wild cat, Hamsa, Sharabha, Composite animal, Black bird, Boar, Insect, Lizard, Wild boar.
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Egypt Through The Stereoscope (by James Henry Breasted)
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Position 24 - Looking Down The Main Passage Leading To Khufu's Sepulcher Within The Great Pyramid < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 6 - Country of San-mo-ta-ch’a (Samotaṭa) < [Book X - Seventeen Countries]
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section III < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
The civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (by Morris Jastrow)
Part X < [Chapter VIII - Specimens Of Babylonian And Assyrian Literature]
Part I < [Chapter VI - Law And Commerce]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.2 - Temple (prāsāda) architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 7 - Art and Architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Chidambaram < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]