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Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.44

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.44

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v1.c3.s11.44

Kaṅka is the name of a bird, usually taken to mean ‘heron,’¹ but, at any rate in some passages, rather denoting some bird of prey.² It first appears in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.³