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Scratching 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)Scratching (the earth) (with the toe) 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:] A young couple engaged in at-random talk and the young women scratching the earth with the toe and smiling.
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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Full-text (+119): Kanduyana, Likhana, Lekhana, Lekhin, Prollekhana, Vilikhana, Kandu, Kanduya, Vilekhana, Kasana, Alekhana, Ullikhana, Kandumat, Khajavakhajava, Kanduyitri, Vilekha, Kanduyanaka, Nakhanakhi, Kicavatanem, Kicavandanem.
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The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2548 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.429 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.13.27 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]
Verse 8.9.7 < [Chapter 9 - Lord Balarāma’s Rāsa Dance]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
The civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (by Morris Jastrow)
Part IV < [Chapter I - Excavations At Babylonian And Assyrian Sites]
Part VI < [Chapter I - Excavations At Babylonian And Assyrian Sites]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.9.28 < [Part 9 - Incomplete Expression of Mellows (rasābhāsa)]