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Leopard 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)Leopards 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 number of animals making a composite form, one upon another: spider caught in the web of another spider, the latter catching an insect pursued by a lizard and the latter caught by a black bird which flying in the sky with its feed was caught by a bird of prey, and the latter falling to the ground was caught by a wild cat which in turn was attacked by a wild boar, the latter 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).
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Starts with: Leopard flower, Leopard lily, Leopard palm, Leopard tree.
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Folklore of the Santal Parganas
Chapter XLIII - The Raibar and the Leopard < [Part I]
Chapter CXXIII - The Jackal and the Leopards < [Part II]
Chapter LXVI - The Raja’s Dream < [Part I]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXVI < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
Section CLI < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Section CXIX < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 31 - The Leopard And The Mouse-deer < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Story 67 - The Lizard And The Leopard < [Part II (c) - Stories of the Durayas]
Story 70 - The Jackal And The Leopard < [Part II (d) - Stories of the Rodiyas]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 11: Mahendrasiṃha goes in search of the prince < [Chapter VII - Sanatkumāracakricaritra]
Part 13: Rāma’s aid to Janaka < [Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa]
Part 6: Story of Siṃharatha < [Chapter IV - Tenth incarnation as Megharatha]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 17.4 (Commentary) < [Chapter 17 (Text And Commentary)]
Chapter 17 - Revelation of the Maṇḍala of Wrathful Deities < [Chapter 17 (Text And Commentary)]