Vedic Mythology c7.s4.4

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c7.s4.4

The boar occurs in the RV. as a figurative designation of Rudra, the Maruts, and Vṛtra⁷. In the TS. and TB. this animal appears in a cosmogonic character as the form assumed by the Creator Prajāpati when he raised the earth out of the waters. A later development of it is the boar incarnation of Viṣṇu⁸.

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Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit