[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) › v2.c4.302 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.302 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.302 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.302](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.302) Pṛṣatī in some passages¹ clearly means a ‘speckled’ cow. The term is, however, generally² applied to the team of the Maruts, when its sense is doubtful. The commentators usually explain it as ‘speckled antelope.’ But Mahīdhara,³ followed by Roth,⁴ prefers to see in it a ‘dappled mare’: it is true that the Maruts are often called⁵ pṛṣad-aśva, which is more naturally interpreted as ‘having dappled steeds,’ than as ‘having Pṛṣatīs as steeds.’⁶ In the later literature, which Grassmann⁷ prefers to follow, the word means the female of the dappled gazelle. - [Previous: v2.c4.301](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.301) - [Next: v2.c4.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.303) - [Up: v2.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.302](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.302) · Pramāṇa