Animal Omens in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature:
The call of the crow, the howl of the jackal, and the knowledge of the wagtail

By Kenneth G. Zysk

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three sets of omen verses from the Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna, which offers the earliest account of Astral Science (jyotiḥśāstra) in Buddhist literature

About: Medieval Buddhism

Published in 2023 in The Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology.

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@article{zysk-kenneth2023-animal-omens,
    title={{A}nimal {O}mens in {B}uddhist {S}anskrit {L}iterature: {T}he call of the crow, the howl of the jackal, and the knowledge of the wagtail},
    author={Kenneth G. Zysk},
    publisher={Soka Gokkai International},
    address={Tokyo},
    year=2023,
    month=mar,
    journal={The Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology},
    volume=26,
    pages={125--166},
    keywords={animals,avadana,iddhi,medieval},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://archive.org/download/aririab-vol-xxvi/Animal%20Omens%20in%20Buddhist%20Sanskrit%20Literature.pdf}
}

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