[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15899 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15899 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15899 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15899](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15899) c. 545.—"This Wild Ox is a great beast of India, and from it is got the thing called \*Tupha\*, with which officers in the field adorn their horses and pennons. They tell of this beast that if its tail catches in a tree he will not budge but stands stock-still, being horribly vexed at losing a single hair of its tail; so the natives come and cut his tail off, and then when he has lost it altogether, he makes his escape."—\*Cosmas Indicopleustes\*, Bk. xi. Transl. in \*Cathay\*, &c., p. clxxiv. - [Previous: c10.15898](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15898) - [Next: c10.15900](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15900) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15899](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15899) · Pramāṇa