[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 48.29 # Markandeyapurana 48.29 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 48.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [48.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.29) gaurajaḥ puruṣo meṣo aśvāśvataragardabhāḥ / etān grāmyān paśūnāhurāraṇyāṃśca nibodha me // > From him at the beginning of the kalpa, at the commencement of the Tretā Age issued the cow, the goat, mankind, the sheep, the horse, the mule, and the ass (these animals men call domestic cattle), and others (which they call wild animals, hearken to me), namely the beast of prey, the cloven-hoofed beast, the elephant, monkeys, fifthly birds, sixthly aquatic beasts, and seventhly creeping animals. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 48.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.28) - [Next: 48.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.30) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.48.p14) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.48.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.70.241) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.5.51) — Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.82.240) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.73) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.29) · Pramāṇa