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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Beasts were commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings (representing scenes of animal life), in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [For example:] Wounded beasts attacking the other wounded ones; peacock swallowing a serpent.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa VI, adhyāya 3, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Sixth Kāṇḍa]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 6 - Fall of Uparicara Vasu < [Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya]
Chapter 73 - Karabheśvara (karabha-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 97 - Greatness of Yogeśvara (Yoga-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 475: Phandana-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Jataka 324: Cammasāṭaka-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Jataka 143: Virocana-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Mandukya Upanishad (Gaudapa Karika and Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Nikhilananda)
Mandukya Karika, verse 4.76 < [Chapter IV - Alatashanti Prakarana (Quenching the firebrand)]
Mandukya Karika, verse 3.18 < [Chapter III - Advaita Prakarana (Non-duality)]
Mandukya Karika, verse 3.10 < [Chapter III - Advaita Prakarana (Non-duality)]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXVII < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
Section 22 < [Karna Parva]
Section CXVI < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.9 < [Section III - Fruits of Action]
Verse 4.67 < [Section IX - Personal Cleanliness]
Verse 1.39 < [Section XXIII - Creation of Birds and Animals]