The cosmic cow
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
gaurī · the cow · the good-milking cow · the shining cow
spoken of as
1 expressionCosmic Cow1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
The gaurī has measured out and fashions the waters — she who is one-footed, two-footed, four-footed.
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The cosmic cow (gaurī), a recurring figure who measures out the waters and worlds and who is invoked as the source of milk in the gharma-milking hymn.
The gaurī has measured out and fashions the waters — she who is one-footed, two-footed, four-footed.
Lowing toward the brimming gharma vessel, she bellows her cry, overflowing with milk.
Below the farther, above the nearer, bearing the calf on her hoof, the cow has arisen.
Rigveda
The cosmic cow, milked and blessed, from whom waters, worlds, and speech are said to flow.
The shining cow shaped waters, crafting them — she who is one-footed, two-footed, four-footed;
Lowing for the seething pot with parted lips, she measures out her might with streams of milk.
I call hither this good-milking cow;