Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates ‘Fauna (8): Birds’ of the study on the Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (in English) which represents a commentary on the Amarakosha of Amarasimha. These ancient texts belong the Kosha or “lexicography” category of Sanskrit literature which deals with the analysis and meaning of technical words from a variety of subjects, such as cosmology, anatomy, medicine, hygiene. The Amarakosa itself is one of the earliest of such text, dating from the 6th century A.D., while the Amarakoshodghatana is the earliest known commentary on that work.
Fauna (8): Birds
(a) Pattrī (II. 5. 15, p. 127)–
[Falcon/Hawk:]
Kṣīrasvāmin remarks that the word is used both in a general sense as a bird and in a special sense denoting a falcon and quotes both Śāśvata's text and Mālā in support of his view–
ttrīti sāmānyaṃ viśeṣe vartate yacchāśvataḥ—
śyenākhyo vihagaḥ pattrī pattriṇo śarapakṣiṇau, mālā—
śyenaḥ pattriśaśādanau |