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  2. Shalihotra - Wikipedia

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    Shalihotra and the sage Agnivesha are pupils of the same teacher; according to tradition, Bharadvaja's Ayurveda, the science of life, was first presented in text form by Agnivesha, in his book Agnivesha Tantra and later by Charaka (Charaka Samhita, encyclopedia of the physician Charaka).

  3. Ashva - Wikipedia

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    It was a horse with white color and had two wings. It was known by the name of Uchchaihshravas. The legend continues that Indra, one of the gods of the Hindus, took away the mythical horse to his celestial abode, the svarga (heaven). Subsequently, Indra severed the wings of the horse and presented the same to the mankind.

  4. Ashwamedh - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the yajna, when she approaches for the ritual containing sexual act with the horse, she finds that Bijak (the horse) is very exhausted running whole of the year and has lost the charm it had earlier. Thus, she refuses to recognize the horse. Due to the unfulfilled desire of sex and anger she commits suicide on the spot with a sword.

  5. Gharry - Wikipedia

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    A gharry, gharri, or gari (Hindi: गाड़ी, gāṛī, "cart, carriage, truck, car") is a horse-drawn cab [citation needed] in Indian and Burmese contexts. A palkigari (Hindi: पालकी गाड़ी, pālkī gāṛī) is shaped like an Indian litter (palanquin).

  6. The Sun's Seventh Horse - Wikipedia

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    The Sun's Seventh Horse (Hindi: सूरज का सातवाँ घोड़ा; Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda) is a 1952 Hindi meta fiction novel by Dharamvir Bharati, one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature. [1] The novel presents three related narratives about three women: Jamuna, Sati, and Lily.

  7. Hayagriva - Wikipedia

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    Hayagriva (Sanskrit: हयग्रीव IAST hayagrīva, lit. ' horse-necked one ') is a Hindu deity, the horse-headed avatar of Vishnu.The purpose of this incarnation was to slay a danava also named Hayagriva (A descendant of Kashyapa and Danu), who had the head of a horse and the body of a human.

  8. Horse symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Horses of Neptune, illustration by Walter Crane, 1893.. Horse symbolism is the study of the representation of the horse in mythology, religion, folklore, art, literature and psychoanalysis as a symbol, in its capacity to designate, to signify an abstract concept, beyond the physical reality of the quadruped animal.

  9. Uchchaihshravas - Wikipedia

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    ' long-ears' or 'neighing aloud' ') [1] is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the ocean. It is considered the best of horses, as prototype and king of the horses. [1] Uchchaihshravas is often described as a vahana of Indra, but is also recorded to be the horse of Bali, the king of the asuras.