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III—ANIMALS & BIRDS—Paśu (animals), Suparṇa, Haṃsa, Daśāśīrsha Vatsa (ten-headed Calf, AV. 13.4.6), Dviśīrsha Vṛṣabha (two-headed Bull), Dviśīrṣṇī Suparṇī (two-headed Eagle, also called Ubhayataḥ-Śīrṣṇī, ŚB. 3.2.4.16), Saptāśva (Seven Horses), Nandi (Bull of pleasures), Ananta (thousand-headed cosmic Serpent), Varāha (Boar), Vṛṣabha-Dhenu (Bull-Cow), Deva-Jāta Aśva (Divine Horse), Mahiṣa (Buffalo-demon), Mahoraga (Tritons), Mahāsya Śvā (Barking Dog, AV. 11.2.30, cf. hunting dogs of Revaṇta), Chaturdaṃṣṭra (Four-tusked animals, as Chaturdaṃṣṭra Kesari), Sahasra-Śṛṅga Vṛṣabha (Thousand-horned Bull, AV. 13.1.12). Harihaṃsa (Golden Swan, AV. 13-3.14), Airāvata (White elephant of Indra, cf. Buddha as white elephant from Tushita heaven), etc.