Prey: 2 definitions
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Prey means something in the history of ancient India, Hindi. 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)Prey (of birds) was 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:] [...] The lizard caught by a black bird which flying in the sky with its feed was caught by a bird of prey.
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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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPrey in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) mundane achievement, worldly pleasure/acquirement; ~[vada] hedonism; ~[vadi] a hedonist; hedonistic..—prey (प्रेय) is alternatively transliterated as Preya.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Preyahkara, Preyams, Preyas, Preyasa, Preyasi, Preyassu, Preyasta, Preyastva, Preyasvin, Preyavada, Preyopatya, Preysi.
Ends with: Kapen prey, Nhor prey.
Full-text (+355): Shvapada, Vyala, Prasahana, Shivi, Himsrapashu, Himsraka, Himsaka, Nakhavishkira, Kravyad, Ota, Vyalamriga, Kravyada, Prasaha, Himsrajantu, Takvavi, Vyada, Jhapeta, Kutilika, Nakharayudha, Bhasha.
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Search found 156 books and stories containing Prey; (plurals include: Preys). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCVII < [Markandeya-Samasya Parva]
Section XXXVIII < [Rajasuyika Parva]
Section XXIX < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
The Law of Jungle < [April – June, 2003]
The Bird of Prey < [April – June, 1982]
The Bird of Prey < [April – June, 1980]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 8 - Sugriva implores Rama to help him against Bali < [Book 4 - Kishkindha-kanda]
Chapter 57 - Rama sees Terrible Portents < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Chapter 63 - Rama continues to lament < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XXII - Obloquy of old age < [Book I - Vairagya khanda (vairagya khanda)]
Chapter XIV - Ascertainment of the thinking principle < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Chapter lxxviii < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 9 - The Greatness of Gaṅgā < [Section 7 - Kriyāyogasāra-Khaṇḍa (Section on Essence of Yoga by Works)]
Chapter 30 - Hemakuṇḍala and His Two Sons < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Chapter 203 - Dilīpa Obtains a Son by Propitiating Nandinī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 520: Gaṇḍatindu-jātaka < [Volume 5]
Jataka 519: Sambula-jātaka < [Volume 5]
Jataka 33: Sammodamāna-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]