नाक्र (nAkra)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishNākra is the name of an aquatic animal included among the
victims at the Aśvamedha, or ‘horse sacrifice, ’ in the Yajurveda
Saṃhitās.^1 Perhaps the animal meant is the crocodile, which
later is called Nakra.^2
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 13, 1
Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 2
Vāja-
saneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 35.
2) Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 96, fol-
lowing one version given by Mahī-
dhara on Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, loc. cit.
Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 3, 21,
n. 4.
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