[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1934 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1934 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1934 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1934](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1934) VĀHANA. ‘A vehicle.’ Most of the gods are represented as having animals as their vāhanas. Brahmā has the Hansa, swan or goose; Vishnu has Garuda, half eagle, half man; Siva, the bull Nandi; Indra, an elephant; Yama, a buffalo; Kārttikeya, a peacock; Kāma-deva, the marine monster Makara, or a parrot; Agni, a ram; Varuna, a fish; Ganesa, a rat; Vāyu, an antelope; Sani, or Saturn, a vulture; Durgā, a tiger. - [Previous: c5.1933](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1933) - [Next: c5.1935](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1935) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1934](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1934) · Pramāṇa