Blackbuck
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The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope native to India and Nepal.
Quotes[edit]
- That land where the black antelope naturally roams, one must know to be fit for the performance of sacrifices; (the tract) different from that (is) the country of the Mlekkhas.
- Manu Smriti 2.23, as quoted in Decolonizing the Hindu Mind (2001), by Koenraad Elst