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Source: Prācyā: Animals and animal products as reflected in Smṛti texts

Rajjudālaka (रज्जुदालक) refers to the bird “Wild fowl” (Gallus species).—Birds have been described in several ancient Sanskrit texts that they have been treated elaborately by eminent scholars. These birds [viz., Rajjudālaka] are enumerated in almost several Smṛtis in context of specifying the expiations for killing them and their flesh being used as a dietary article to give satisfaction to the manes (Pitṛs) in Śrāddha rites. These are elaborated especially in the Manusmṛti, Parāśarasmṛti [chapter VI], Gautamasmṛti [chapter 23], Śātātapasmṛti [II.54-56], Uśānasmṛti [IX.10-IX.12], Yājñavalkyasmṛti [I.172-I.175], Viṣṇusmṛti [51.28-51.29], Uttarāṅgirasasmṛti [X.16].

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rajjudālaka (रज्जुदालक).—a kind of wild fowl; so रज्जुवालः (rajjuvālaḥ); Manusmṛti 5.12.

Rajjudālaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rajju and dālaka (दालक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rajjudālaka (रज्जुदालक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Wild-fowl.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rajjudālaka (रज्जुदालक).—[masculine] the wild fowl.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rajjudālaka (रज्जुदालक):—[=rajju-dālaka] [from rajju] m. a kind of wild-fowl, [Yājñavalkya]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rajjudālaka (रज्जुदालक):—[rajju-dālaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A wild fowl.

[Sanskrit to German]

Rajjudalaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Rajju, Dalaka.

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