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Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects
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parasvant Denotes a large wild animal which Roth con­jectures to be the wild ass. It is mentioned in the Vrsākapi hymn of the Rigveda, twice in the Atharvaveda, and in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda Samhitās, in all of which passages the sense of ‘ wild ass ’ is satisfactory. More doubtful is the meaning of the word paraśvā{n) in the Kausītaki Upanisad, where the com­mentary explains it as ‘serpent.’ It is, of course, quite possible that the word has nothing to do with parasvant Buhler suggests connexion with the Pāli palāsāda, ‘ rhinoceros.’
Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance
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parasvantaṃ hataṃ vidat RV.10.86.18b; AVś.20.126.18b.
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