Author: Srinivasan, Doris
Title: Concept of Cow in the Rgveda
Description: New Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, (1979). orig. cloth, dustwrapper. 22x14cm, xii,162 pp. Some stains to binding, minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: The Cow in Vedic Economic Life:...Exegesis on Selected Passages, arranged according to context: Cow as Economic Wealth; The Economic Uses of Cattle; Cattle as the Desired Object of a Fight or Contest; The Sacrificer Gains the Protection of his Cows; Divine Protection Sought for Cows; Similes: Introduction; Formulaic Similes; Deities compared to 'Go',' Dhenu','Usra','Vasra'; The Cow's Milk is compared to Light; Milk Cows are compared to Water; Similes comparing the Milk Cow to Religious Thought; Th Cow in the Vedic Ritual: The Cow as the Sacrificial Animal:' Vasa'; 'Go' as the 'Ox' in the Ritual; as Metonymy for the Milk Oblation; in the Soma Preparation; in other Srauta Sacrifices; in Household Ceremonies; as Daksina; as the Cow desired by the Sacrificer; 'Go' and 'Stari' figuratively used to connote Ritual Implements; 'Cow* in Vedic Mythology; 'Cow' in Indra-Vrtra Myth; 'Cow' in the Myth of the Panis; 'Cow' in other Mythological Contexts; Epithets; Bibliography,Index of Rigvedic Passages; Word Index.

Keywords: History of Religion, Hinduism, Sacred animals, Hindu theology, Rgveda, Vedic mythology, Sanskrit literature, Cow, Cattle