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[571] Tad agne cakshuh prati dhehi rebhe çaphârugam yena paçyasi yâtudhânam; Rigv. x

Date of account: English edition published 1872
Source: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 1 (of 2)
Reference: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 1 (of 2) · selected passage 123
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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[571] Tad agne cakshuh prati dhehi rebhe çaphârugam yena paçyasi yâtudhânam; _Rigv._ x. 87, 12.--The demon Hayagrîvas killed by Vishnus, which is the same as horse's neck, and Hayaçiras, or horse's head, another monster giant in the _Râmâyanam_, iv. 43, 44, always refer to the Vedic açva-yâtudhânas. We are already acquainted with the demon who, during the night, makes the horses sweat and grow lean, _i.e._, who makes them ugly. In the Latin tradition, after having assisted the Romans in the battle of the Lake Regillus, Castor and Pollux were seen, near the ambrosial lacus Iuturnæ (Ovidius, _Fasti_, i.), to wash the sweat off their horses with the water of this lake, which was near the temple of Vesta.

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