Vedic Mythology c7.s3.1

c7.s3.1

— Indra is in the RV. constantly designated a bull, a term applied much less frequently to Agni, and occasionally to other gods, such as Dyaus (p. 22). In the AV. (9, 4⁹) a bull is addressed as Indra, and in the ŚB. (2, 5, 3¹⁸) the bull is stated to be Indra's form¹. In the Avesta the bull appears as one of the incarnations of Verethraghna, the Avestan Indra². In one of the sacrifices of the Vedic ritual, a bull also represents the god Rudra³. A bull plays a part in the obscure and much discussed myth of Mudgala and Mudgalānī (RV. 10, 102)⁴.