Spots and Stripes: An Investigation into the Representations of the Hyena in Ancient India.

In this article I intended to further explore Jürgen Frembgen's supposition about the late presence of the spotted hyena in South Asia with the help of available textual sources. My aim was to determine what kind of animal is meant by the word tarakṣu, which is the common Sanskrit name for the hyena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]