Hastin
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The elephant in the Rigveda
In Rigveda 1.84.17 and 4.4.1. and probably other instances, the Rigveda seems to refer to elephants (e.g. Bryant 2001: 323), an animal native to South Asia. It has been speculated that some of these verses might be references to domesticated elephants.[1] In RV 1.64.7, 8.33.8 and 10.40.4, "wild" elephants are mentioned.
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In the Rigveda and in the Atharvaveda, the term is translated as 'elephant' (according to Keith and Macdonell, Roth and other scholars).[2] In the Rigveda, Script error: No such module "Lang". (animal with a hand) occurs in RV 1.64.7 and RV 4.16.14.
Ibha
RV 9.57.3 and RV 6.20.8 mention Script error: No such module "lang".s, a term meaning 'servant, domestics, household' according to Roth, Ludwig, Zimmer and other Indologists.[3] Other scholars like Pischel and Karl Friedrich Geldner translate the term as 'elephant'.[4] According to Sayana,[4] Mahidhara[4] and the Nirukta,[4] Script error: No such module "Lang". is translated as 'elephant'. Megasthenes[4] and Nearchos[4] also connect Script error: No such module "Lang". with 'elephant'. The term Script error: No such module "Lang". is only used in the Samhitas, and especially in the Rigveda.[5][6]
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Another term that may mean 'elephant' is Script error: No such module "Lang". (RV 8.33.8; RV 10.40.4). According to Macdonell and Keith, Script error: No such module "Lang". refers to elephants.[7]
The elephant in other Hindu texts
The Akananuru (27) and the Purananuru (389) state that elephants were raised and trained in ancient Tamilagam's northern boundary of Venkatam hills, Tirupati.
Notes
- ↑ RV 4.4.1, 9.57.3 (where "the people deck him like a docile king of elephants"), 6.20.8; Talageri, Shrikant (2000)
- ↑ Vedic Index, II, 501; II, 171
- ↑ In RV 4.4.1 and 6.20.8, ibha is translated as servants/attendants by Griffith.
- ↑ a b c d e f Vedic Index, I, 79
- ↑ Vedic Index, I, 79.
- ↑ RV 1.84.17; 4.4.1; 9.57.3; and perhaps 6.20.8. Vedic Index, I, 79.
- ↑ Vedic Index, II, 288
References
- Bryant, Edwin (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture. Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN.
- Macdonell, A.A. and Keith, A.B. 1912. The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
- Talageri, Shrikant: The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis. 2000. Template:ISBN