[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s12.414 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.414 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.414 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.414) Go-mṛga, a species of ox, now called Gayal (\*Bos gavaeus\*), is mentioned in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha, or horse sacrifice, in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās¹ and Brāhmaṇas.² In the Taittirīya Saṃhitā³ it is declared to be neither a wild nor a tame animal; this presumably means that it was semi-domesticated, or perhaps that it was both tamed and found wild. With the name of this animal may be compared the Mṛga Mahiṣa, which is clearly mentioned as wild in the Rigveda.⁴ See also Gayava. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.413](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.413) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.415) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.414) · Pramāṇa