Tittiri (Bird)
Tittiri · tittiri, “the partridge”
Grammar: masculine noun; the name of a bird.
Meaning: the tittiri, the partridge.
In the scriptures: in his teaching on the fruits of karma, Vyāsa tells the munis the births that follow particular thefts: one who steals pāyasa becomes a tittiri bird (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 217).
In his teaching on śrāddha, Vyāsa says that the meats of the goat, the kārtika bird, the tittiri, the hare and the like may be offered. In the rule of the Vārāha kalpa, the tittiri is named among the forbidden creatures, with the cakravāka, the water-crow, the kurara, the house-sparrow, the peacock, the owl, the jackal and others; one who offers these goes to the Raurava naraka, and casts even the pitṛ-devatās who are in svarga into naraka (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220).
Related terms: Pakshi · Śrāddha · Karma-vipāka · Raurava
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 217, 220