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Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.332

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.332

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v1.c3.s12.332

(b) The term Go is often applied to express the products of the cow. It frequently means the milk,¹ but rarely the flesh² of the animal. In many passages it designates leather used as the material of various objects, as a bowstring,³ or a sling,⁴ or thongs to fasten part of the chariot,⁵ or reins,⁶ or the lash of a whip.⁷ See also Carman, with which Go is sometimes synonymous.⁸