Boars
animal · 7 works · 8 mentions · 12 anchored passages
boar · boars · a boar · biting of the boar · the boar · the fierce boars
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit) · Rigveda (Sanskrit) · The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (English) · Cyropaedia (Greek)
Whatever imperishable wealth they have given us in the form of a boar, or a bed together with its cushion for us, or whatever vigor along with virile strength — may Agni the hotar make that well-offered.
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Cyropaedia
Dangerous wild animals, one of which Cyrus boldly kills during the hunt.
All these lessons Cyrus eagerly learned.
And the deer leaped up skyward as if on wings, and the boars came charging at once, as they say brave men do in battle.
And they told him that bears and boars and lions and leopards had killed many who came close to them, but that deer and gazelles and wild sheep and wild asses were harmless.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Animal listed as a form of wealth received by the sacrificer.
Whatever imperishable wealth they have given us in the form of a boar, or a bed together with its cushion for us, or whatever vigor along with virile strength — may Agni the hotar make that well-offered.
Orations
Wild boars hunted in the region, cited as evidence of the young suitor's hunting skill.
I, said the youth, run down a deer and stand my ground against a boar.
and whenever they saw wolves, they pursued them for a while, but of boars or deer they took no thought.
Shield of Heracles
Boars depicted in fierce combat with lions in one of the animal scenes engraved on Heracles's shield.
Also there were upon the shield droves of boars and lions who glared at each other, being furious and eager:
And both sides were roused still more to fight because they were angry, the fierce boars and the bright-eyed lions.
For already a great lion lay between them and two boars, one on either side, bereft of life, and their dark blood was dripping down upon the ground;
Rigveda
Boar appears in riddle imagery.
the jackal has driven the boar out of the thicket.
On Anger
Wild animal cited as an example of instinctive ferocity, first as a sign of visible rage, later as an example in the argument that beasts lack true anger.
The boars foam at the mouth and whet their tusks by grinding;
"The boar remembers not his wrath, nor the hind to trust her speed, nor the bears to charge the strong herds.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Named for the 'rubbing of a boar' congress and the 'biting of the boar' bite pattern.
The following are the different kinds of biting, viz.
The biting which consists of many broad rows of marks near to one another, and with red intervals, is called the "biting of a boar.
In the same way can be carried on the congress of a dog, the congress of a goat, the congress of a deer, the forcible mounting of an ass, the congress of a cat, the jump of a tiger, the pressing of an elephant, the rubbing of a boar, and the mounting of a horse.