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krish
• Wed Oct 25 1995 - 11:46:15 PDT
You are correct. In Rig Veda, cows are created "Gau-von-ha jagni-ray thus-mat"
i will check up in my dictionary
the verse is "tha-smaa-dashwa ajaa-yantha
yay kay cho-bhayaa-dhathaha
Gau-von-ha jagni-ray thus-mat
thus-mat-jja-thaa a-jaa-vayaha"
Krish
The tamil word is Pa-su, fo cow