Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.560
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.560
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v1.c3.s20.560
Nivānya-vatsā and Nivānyā in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ denotes a ‘cow with a calf to which she has to be won over,’ that is, with a calf substituted for one of her own which has died. Nivānyā² is a contracted form of the compound term. Similar expressions are *abhivānya-vatsā*,³ *abhivānyā*,⁴ *vānyā*,⁵ and *api-vānya-vatsā*.⁶