[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) › c5.554 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.554 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.554 - **Language:** English ### [c5.554](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.554) EMŪSHA. In the Brāhmana, a boar which raised up the earth, represented as black and with a hundred arms. This is probably the germ of the Varāha or boar incarnation. See Avatāra. - [Previous: c5.553](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.553) - [Next: c5.555](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.555) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.554](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.554) · Pramāṇa