Jackal
animal · 3 works · 6 mentions · 6 anchored passages
jackal · jackals · womb of a jackal
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Followed by vultures and spewing fire from their mouths, jackals shrieked ominously, looking toward his face with fury.
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
A jackal whose cry Rāma hears as an ill omen.
As he hurried along, eager to see Maithilī, a jackal behind him cried out with a harsh, ominous shriek.
Recognising that dreadful, hair-raising cry and deeply troubled by the jackal's omen, he fell into anxious reflection.
Followed by vultures and spewing fire from their mouths, jackals shrieked ominously, looking toward his face with fury.
Manusmṛti
An animal whose womb represents a degraded rebirth destination for an unfaithful wife.
she obtains the womb of a jackal and is afflicted by sinful diseases.
she obtains the womb of a jackal and is afflicted by sinful diseases.
Rigveda
Jackal appears in paradoxical riddle imagery.
The jackal has eaten the lion facing him;