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Gaur

noun
(Spelt also gour)
1.
Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.  Synonym: Bibos gaurus.






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"Gaur" Quotes from Famous Books



... which seem to be much nearer the truth than those of the Hindus. In their stories he figures simply as a saint, who busied himself in performing miracles for the benefit of pious Moslems in distress; and as one legend says that he was the son of a daughter of [H.]usain Shah, the Emperor of Gaur, and another brings him into contact with Man Singh, it is evident that tradition ascribed him to the sixteenth century, which is probably quite near enough to ...
— Hindu Gods And Heroes - Studies in the History of the Religion of India • Lionel D. Barnett



Words linked to "Gaur" :   Bibos gaurus, Bibos, Asian wild ox, genus Bibos



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