Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.308

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⁶ So Sāyaṇa on Rv. i. 87, 4. This view is far-fetched, but is supported, in so far as the interpretation of Pṛṣatī and Aśva is concerned, by such passages as v. 55, 6, where the Maruts are said to yoke the Pṛṣatis as aśvān to their chariots; but the sense may be ‘horses (and) dappled (mares).’ See, however, Pischel, Vedische Studien, i, 226.