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Kaiṭabha, poison and death: meanderings through tradition
For better reading try PDF version The medical Suśruta-saṃhitā, kalpasthāna, chapter 3 contains an unusual mythologem about the origin of poison. It clearly belongs to the Prājāpatya tradition and presents some unusual features. It presented in full below: prajām imām … Continue reading
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Tagged atharvaveda, brahmA, brahmana, death, Hindu, poison, religion, Rigveda, Samaveda, Veda, vedic, Yajurveda
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Beetles and men: some glimpses of history through the contemporary lens
The tale of poisoned arrows The bushmen clans generally used to not fight each other because most adult males are armed with arrows that have been smeared with deadly toxins. However, when from the mid-1600s the Dutch started intruding into … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, arrow toxins, arthashAstra, atharvaveda, beetles, bushmen, carabid, chrysomelid, Egypt, India, parasitoid, poison, Rigveda, Scarabid, venom, war
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