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See on Revanta, also called Raivata (a common faulty reading according to H.-P. Schmidt, 1977: 142), who is associated with horses: J.N. Banerjea (1956): 442–443; A. Bhattacharyya (1977): 45–46; N.K. Bhattasali (1929): 174–177; B.B. Bidyabinod (1909); Dowson; K.K. Handiqui (1949): 461; H. Härtel (1960): 24, 37, 46, 68–70; H. Krishna Sastri (1916): 236; J.J. Meyer (1937): II, 117–118 and 245–246, III, 57; L.P. Pandey (1969); E.C. Sachau (1964): I, 119; Bhagwant Sahai (1975): 89–97; J.N. Samaddar (1928); N.B. Sanyal (1927); H.-P. Schmidt (1977); B.N. Sharma (1971), (1973), (1975); A.M. Shastri (1991): 115–117, (1996): I, 152–153; H. von Stietencron (1972): 71; M. and J. Stutley (1977): 249; C. Suneson (1984); Vettam Mani. See also the Raivatastotra in Nakula’s Aśvaśāstra and the mantra addressed to Revanta in Jayadatta’s Aśvāyurveda (quoted by Mitramiśra in Vīramitrodaya, Lakṣaṇaprakāśa, aśvalakṣaṇaprakaraṇa, p.446). The probably earliest references to Revanta are found in the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (57.56), Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa (see J.N. Banerjea, who refers to the Bibliotheca Indica edition, chapter 109; H.-P. Schmidt, 1977: 154) and Viṣṇupurāṇa (3.2.7) (see C. Suneson, 1984: 237–238). He also figures in the Agnipurāṇa (according to the Śabdakalpadruma; see however, H.-P. Schmidt, 1977: 154: the Agnipurāṇa does not mention him), Bhaviṣyapurāṇa (quoted by H.-P. Schmidt, 1977: 154), Devībhāgavatapurāṇa, Garuḍapurāṇa, Kālikāpurāṇa, Matsyapurāṇa, Sāmbapurāṇa (quoted by H.-P. Schmidt, 1977: 154), Skandapurāṇa, and Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa (3.67.9, ed. Śrīveṅkaṭeśvar Press, Bombay 1912/13; quoted by H.-P. Schmidt, 1977: 154), as well as in various other works in Sanskrit and in regional languages, in inscriptions, etc. (see H.-P. Schmidt, 1977 and C. Suneson, 1984; see also J.J. Meyer, 1937, s.v. Revanta). The etymology of Revata is elaborately discussed by C. Suneson (1984: 256–262); see also H.-P. Schmidt (1977: 141, 149 and 154; an etymology is found in the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa).