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Hunting 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)

Hunting (animals) represents a scene of human life commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings 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:] The figure of a king riding on a horse and going for hunting; then the various animals trembling for fear of impending death; then a crowd of people making noise to bring the animals together, i.e., engaged in what is now known as hāṅkā;

Source: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami Temple

The Hunting ceremony (in Sanskrit: Mṛgayā) or Hunting procession (known as Paḷḷiveṭṭa) forms part of the of the annual festival of the Thiruvananthapuram Temple, as mentioned in the seventh chapter of the Syānandūrapuravarṇana-prabandha by Svāti-Tirunāḷ (1813-1846) (one of the rulers of Travancore).—Accordingly, “A mock forest is fabricated in the middle of the public road nearly a kilometre from the temple. A tender-coconut is placed in this mock forest. The deities32 move out for the hunt when the conch is sounded at around 08.30 p.m. after the routine night procession inside the temple complex is concluded. The deities go out from the west gate and return through the north gate. On the way, they halt for the hunting ceremony. [...]”.

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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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Rig Veda 10.40.4 < [Sukta 40]

Rig Veda 10.97.11 < [Sukta 97]

Rig Veda 10.95.1 < [Sukta 95]

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Depcition of Hunting < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]

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