Various Creations (sṛṣṭi-vistāra) - Verse 242

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 70.242

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Sanskrit Original

श्वापदो द्विखुरो हस्ती वानराः पक्षिपञ्चमाः। औदकाः पशवः षष्ठाः सप्तमास्तु सरीसृपाः।।

śvāpado dvikhuro hastī vānarāḥ pakṣipañcamāḥ| audakāḥ paśavaḥ ṣaṣṭhāḥ saptamāstu sarīsṛpāḥ||

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Sūta said: They call these the wild animals, viz.—the beasts of prey, the cloven hoofed elephants, monkeys, fifthly, birds, sixthly, aquatic beasts and seventhly, the reptiles. The following seven are forest animals, viz.—buffaloes, gavayas (a species of ox), bears, monkeys, śarabhas (the fabulous animal of eight feet), wolves, and lions.

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