Frogs
animal · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
cow-lowing one · frogs · goat-lowing one · the frog · the frogs · the green one · the spotted one
spoken of as
1 expressionFrog1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
the penis desires the two hairy clefts, the frog desires water — flow around for Indra, O Indu.
in the texts
Rigveda
Frogs whose croaking at the onset of the rains is likened to priestly chanting and who are praised as bestowers of wealth.
One of them is cow-lowing, one is goat-lowing, one is spotted, and one is green.
The Brāhmaṇas, Soma-drinkers, have raised their voice, performing the annual prayer.
At the coming of the rainy season in the year, the heated caldrons obtain their discharge.
Orations
Animals cited by Diogenes as tender and bare yet able to endure cold and even live in cold water, refuting the claim that human tenderness precludes a hardy life.
And he pointed to the frogs and not a few other animals, much tenderer than man and much barer, and some of these able to endure not only the air, but to live even in the coldest water in winter.