Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.88

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¹⁶ Three horses are mentioned in Rv. x. 33, 5, and Praṣti in Rv. i. 39, 6; viii. 7, 28, etc., may have the sense of ‘third horse.’ See also Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 1, 4, 11; 2, 4, 9, etc.; Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa, xvi. 13, 12. For four horses, cf. Rv. ii. 18, 1; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 4, 3, 17; i, 4, 11; Eggeling, Sacred Books of the East, 41, 21, n. 1.