Zebu
The zebu is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia.
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Quotes
[edit]- One who has the bull as his vehicle
- One of the 1000 names of Shiva, as enumerated in : Sivamahapurana, quoted in Lal, B. B., & Saraswat, K. S. (2005). The homeland of the Aryans : evidence of Ṛigvedic flora and fauna & archaeology.
- Be it known to thee, o King that... I am the servant of the eight-formed Siva and my back is sanctified by the favour of placing his footsteps, when wishing to mount his bull white as the mount Kailasa.
- Kalidasa, Raghuvamsa, quoted in Lal, B. B., & Saraswat, K. S. (2005). The homeland of the Aryans : evidence of Ṛigvedic flora and fauna & archaeology. p. 104
- When to thy chariot thou hadst yoked two red steeds and two ruddy steeds, wind-sped, thy roar was like a bull's.
Thou with smoke-bannered flame attackest forest trees. Let us not in thy friendship, Agni, suffer harm.- Rigveda 1.94.10
- Rcisama, thou forcest men as with a bull, with anger, in the furious fray.
Be thou our Helper in the mighty battle fought for sunlight, water, and for life.- Rigveda 6.46.4
- SPEAK forth three words, the words which light precedeth, which milk this udder that produceth nectar.
Quickly made manifest, the Bull hath bellowed, engendering the germ of plants, the Infant.- Rigveda 7.101.1
- O tawny Bull, thus showing forth thy nature, as neither to be wroth, O God, nor slay us. Here, Rudra, listen to our invocation. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.
- Rigveda 2.33.15
- Zebu bulls played an important role in the religion and mythology of Indo-Aryans native to Hindustan since the composition of Rigveda where they are mentioned in an exclusive connection with Indo-Aryan Devas (‗Playing-in-Light‘) in all main chronological layers of the text
- THE SPREAD OF ZEBU CATTLE FROM SOUTH ASIA TO THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN REGION AS A MARKER OF INDO-EUROPEAN POPULATION DISPERSAL Semenenko, Aleksandr Andreyevich
