[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) › 8.21.76 # Naturalis historia 8.21.76 Naturalis historia 8.21.76 - **Language:** Latin ### [8.21.76](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.8.21.76) in India et boves solidis ungulis, unicornes, et feram nomine axin hinnulei pelle pluribus candidioribusque maculis, sacrorum Liberi patris — (Orsaei Indi simias candentes toto corpore venantur ) —, asperrimam autem feram monocerotem, reliquo corpore equo similem, capite cervo, pedibus elephanto, cauda apro, mugitu gravi, uno cornu nigro media fronte cubitorum duum eminente. hanc feram vivam negant capi. > CHAP. 31.—THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS OF INDIA. There are in India oxen also with solid hoofs and a single horn; and a wild beast called the axis, which has a skin like that of a fawn, but with numerous spots on it, and whiter; this animal is looked upon as sacred to Bacchus. The Orsæan Indians hunt down a kind of ape, which has the body white all over; as well as a very fierce animal called the monoceros, which has the head of the stag, the feet of the elephant, and the tail of the boar, while the rest of the body is like that of the horse; it makes a deep lowing noise, and has a single black horn, which projects from the middle of its forehead, two cubits in length. This animal, it is said, cannot be taken alive. > — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, The Natural History of Pliny - [Previous: 8.21.75](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.8.21.75) - [Next: 8.40.148](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.8.40.148) - [Up: 8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.8.21) ## Translations (1) - [The Natural History of Pliny](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder~en-bostock-riley.8.31) — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.8.21.76](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.8.21.76) · Pramāṇa