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| '''Nishadha''' (]: निषाध ''{{IAST|niṣādha}}''), '''Nishaad''' or '''Nishad''' was an indigenous tribe inhabiting ], according to sources in ]. The Nishadha people have been described in ] and ]. | |||
| ==Description in Ramayana== | |||
| The main profession of Nishaads were hunting the birds. When A Nishaad killed one bird from a pair the other bird was crying and that inspired ] to write the true story of ] and ] known as ]<ref>Ramayana by Valmiki, Geeta press publication, Gorakhpur, India</ref>. In Ramayana the king of Nishaad named Guha was a very close friend of Rama. He helps Rama and Sita to cross ] river. | |||
| ==Description in Mahabharata== | |||
| The ] speaks of Nishaad (or Shabara) as forest hunters<ref>The Cultural Process in India by Irawati Karve, Vol. 51, Oct., 1951 (Oct., 1951), pp. 135-138</ref>. | |||
| ==Music== | |||
| In Indian music, Nishad is the seventh note (]) of the octave. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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