मृगपक्षी-शास्त्र (हंसदेव - १३वीं शती का अमर भारतीय वन्यजीव, पक्षी एवं प्राणि-विज्ञान)

Mriga Pakshi Sastra
OR
Science of Animals and Birds.
(ZOOLOGY IN INDIA)
PART I
Description of Animals.
AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.
A great king by name Saudadeva has ruled his great kingdom
in JINAPURA city with great pomp and pride. He has established
the Jain Phylosophy with regular principles and rules, who had many
petty Rajahs paying homage to him, who has obtained his kingdom
by his strength of arms, who has known the virtues of the Kshatria's
and the pleasure of ruling his subjects, who has been well versed in
poetry, who has extended his fame all over the world, who has
understood all the secrets of Sastras and who has been embraced
by the Goddess of Victory.
He once went to a forest on horse-back with noose, ropes,
swords, spears etc., along with the hunters of various types to hunt.
He began to search the animals in every nook and corner of the
forest by threatening them, by beating the trumpets and other
things. No sooner had he seen the animals wandering about in the
forest than he began to admire the beauty of their free movements.