[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v1.c19.s7.14 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c19.s7.14 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c19.s7.14 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.14) The nature of Tārkṣya seems to be similar to that of Dadhikrāvan: he is described in part in the same terms, as pervading the five tribes with his power, and his character as a steed is shown by his bearing the name Ariṣṭanemi, 'whose fellies are uninjured.' From this epithet in the Yajurveda⁸ a new entity Ariṣṭanemi is created and invoked along with Tārkṣya. He is in later Vedic texts once or twice called a bird, and this may be compared with the bird character of Garuḍa, who is beyond question the sun bird. It is difficult, therefore, to doubt that Tārkṣya is merely a form of the sun, conceived as a bird or horse: his name is possibly derived from the prince Tṛkṣi Trāsadasyava who is mentioned in the Rigveda,¹ and naturally it has been suggested that he is a real horse deified.² - [Previous: v1.c19.s7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.13) - [Next: v1.c19.s7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.15) - [Up: v1.c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7) ## Linked texts (3) - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.15.19) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.8.22.7) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.14) · Pramāṇa