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The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य अस्तं प्राप्तो दिवाकरः ॥ संवृत्ता रजनी सुभ्रूः सर्वसार्थसुखावहा
evaṃ cintayatastasya astaṃ prāpto divākaraḥ || saṃvṛttā rajanī subhrūḥ sarvasārthasukhāvahā
Während er so nachsann, ging die Sonne unter. Da brach die Nacht herein, o Schönbrauige, und brachte allen Versammelten Wohlergehen.
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It illustrates conventional Sanskrit narrative pacing through cosmological time markers (sunset/night), a stylistic feature shared across Purāṇic and epic literature.
No explicit geographic identification is present.
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