Cuñcuka

Cuñcuka · cuñcuka, “the musk-rat or shrew”

Grammar: masculine noun; the cuñcuka, glossed in the Telugu print as the musk-rat or shrew.

Meaning: a small animal whose flesh is forbidden.

In the scriptures: In the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa teaches Nanda that the flesh of the cuñcuka must not be eaten in Kali. It is named with water-dwellers, crocodiles, monitor lizards, frogs, cows, the camarī deer, elephants, horses and men (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 85).

Related terms: Abhakshya · Kali · Camarī

Sources

• Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 85