Tārkṣya
deity figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
the prize-horse
in the texts
Rigveda
A divine bird/horse figure invoked for well-being, described as having an uninjured rim (wheel).
may Tārkṣya of uninjured rim grant us well-being;
Calling aloud for Indra's gift of bounty, let us mount him for our well-being as a boat;
Let us invoke here for our well-being that prize-horse Tārkṣya, spurred by the gods, victorious in battles, conqueror of chariots, with unbroken felloes, a champion in battles, swift.
Sāmaveda
A swift mythic being/deity associated with unbroken chariot-wheels, invoked for well-being in battle.
We invoke here for our well-being Tārkṣya, the swift one who goes into battle, whose wheel-rim is unharmed.
May Tārkṣya of unbroken wheel grant us welfare;