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# Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.325

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.325

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### [v1.c3.s12.325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.325)

The cattle of the Vedic period were of many colours: red (rohita), light (śukra), dappled (pṛśni), even black (kṛṣṇa).¹⁹ Zimmer²⁰ sees a reference to cows with blazes on the face in one passage of the Rigveda,²¹ but this is uncertain.

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.62.9) — Sanskrit

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