Astanga Hrudaya

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हरिणैणकुरङ्गर्क्षगोकर्णमृगमातृकाः। शशशम्बरचारुष्कशरभाद्या मृगाः स्मृताः ॥४३॥

MAMSA VARGA – (GROUP OF MEATS) : MRIGA VARGA (DEER ETC) :- Harina (antelope, fawn) Kuranga (type of deer), Arksa (white footed antelope) Gokarna (Deer antelop), Mrigamatrika (Red coloured hare like deer), Shasha ( rabbit), Shambara (deer with branched horns), Charushka (gazelle) sarabha (eight footed animal) Etc. are known as Mriga 43. These are different kinds of deer, antelope and bucks. Some of them are having horns, some are hornless, all of them are herbivorous and live in dry regions especially shrubby forests. In olden days they were being hunted mainly for food.

english translation

hariNaiNakuraGgarkSagokarNamRgamAtRkAH। zazazambaracAruSkazarabhAdyA mRgAH smRtAH ॥43॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript