anaḍvāh

anaḍ-vāh- (nom. -ān) m. boeuf (de trait).

anaḍud-da- a. qui donne un boeuf.

anaḍvā́h (anas Karren + vāh ziehend) m. VOP. 26, 65. sg. anaḍvā́n, ánaḍvan, anaḍvā́ham, anaḍúhā, anaḍúhe, anaḍúhas, anaḍúhi; du. anaḍvā́hau, anaḍudbhyām, anaḍúhosa; pl. anaḍvā́has, anaḍúhas, anaḍúdbhis, anaḍúdbhyas, anaḍútsu P. 7, 1, 82. 98. 99. 8, 2, 72. VOP. 3, 104-106. Stier AK. 2, 9, 60. TRIK. 2, 9, 19. samîndrerayà gāmânàḍvāhàṃ ya āvâhaduśī̀narā̂ṇyā̀ anâḥ ṚV. 10, 59, 10. 85, 10. 3, 53, 18. AV. 3, 11, 5. 4, 11, 1. 3. 7. u.s.w. ŚAT. BR. 2, 1, 4, 17. 3, 1, 2, 21. 13, 8, 4, 6. AIT. BR. 1, 14. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 5, 4. M. 11, 136. anaḍutpuccha KĀTY. ŚR. 21, 4, 23. anaḍucchata 22, 9, 6. anaḍudda einen Stier schenkend M. 4, 231.

Anaḍ-vāh (lit. ‘cart-drawer’). — This is the common¹ name of

oxen as employed for drawing carts (Anas). Such oxen were

normally castrated,² though not always. Female draft cattle

were also used (anaḍuhī), but rarely.³ See also Go. [Footnote] 1) Rv. x. 59, 10; 85, 10; iii. 53, 18;

Av. iii. 11, 5; iv. 11, 1, etc.; Aitareya

Brāhmaṇa, i. 14; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,

ii. 1, 4, 17, etc. [Footnote] 2) Cf. Kātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xv. 1,

5 (anaḍvān sāṇḍaḥ). [Footnote] 3) Av. iv. 11; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,

v, 3, 4, 11. 13.

Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 13,

151, n.; Zimmer, Altindisches Leben,

226.