[671] xvii. 426.
[672] iii. 740.
[673] Vṛishâ tvâ vṛishaṇaṁ vardhatu dyâur vṛishâ vṛishabhyâm vahase haribhyâm sa no vṛisha vṛisharathaḥ suçipra vṛishakrato vṛishâ vaǵrin bhare dhâh; Ṛigv. v. 36, 5.—In Piedmont there exists a game of conversation, consisting in the description of the presents which one intends making to one's bride, in which description the letter r must never enter; he who introduces it loses the game.
[674] Vṛishâyam indra te ratha uto te vṛishaṇâ harî; Ṛigv. viii. 13, 31.
[675] Apâm phenena namućeḥ çira indrod avartayaḥ; Ṛigv. viii. 14, 13.
[676] It is also called the canine cough, and it is believed on this account that it is cured when the children are made to drink where a dog has been drinking.
[677] De Quadrupedibus i.
[678] Du Cange, Gloss. Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis, s. v. caballus.
[679] Vṛshapâṇayo 'çvâḥ; Ṛigv. vi. 75, 7.
[680] Kârotarâć ćhaphâd açvasya vṛishṇaḥ çataṁ kumbhâṅ asińćataṁ surâyaḥ; Ṛigv. i. 116, 7.