Re: [tied] Rigvedic horses

From: S.Kalyanaraman
Message: 9753
Date: 2001-09-24

--- In cybalist@..., "S.Kalyanaraman" <kalyan97@...> wrote:> How is
as'vatara explained?> m. (Pa1n2. 5-3 , 91) a mule AV. iv , 4 , 8
S3Br. &c. ; (compar. of %> {azva}) a better horse Pat. ; a male calf.
L. ; one of the chiefs of > the Na1gas MBh. Hariv. &c. ; N. of a
Gandharva L. ; (%{A}) f. a > better mare Pat. ; (%{I4}) f. a she-mule
AV. viii , 8 , 22 MBh. &c.> http://www.uni-koeln.de
>
> Is there another name attested for a mule in Vedic or Sanskrit?

khacar, khocor = mule; phepr.a = mule-like (Santali)

Sanskrit:

khara f. (Pa1n2. 3-2 , 30 Siddh.) a she-ass Katha1s. lxiii ; `" a she-
mule "' see %{kharI-vAtsalya} ; N. of one of the mothers in Skanda's
retinue MBh. ix , 2624.

vegasara

m. (cf. %{vesara}) a mule L. ; (%{I}) f. a female mule Katha1s.


vesara

m. (cf. %{vega-sara} ; also written %{vezara}) a mule VarBr2S.
S3is3. ; (%{I}) f. a female mule DivyA7v. ; n. (used to explain %
{vAsara}) Nir. iv , 7 ; 11.

ruNDa
mfn. maimed , mutilated ; m. a headless body Uttarar. Katha1s. (L.
also n.) ; the offspring of a mule and a mare L.


Tamil

ve_cari = mule, ass (Old Tamil)

attiri = camel; horse; 3. ass; 4. mule