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A male water buffalo is sacrificed in many parts of India during festivals associated Shaktism sect of Hinduism. [88] [89] [90] Legend has it that Chinese philosophical sage Laozi left China through the Hangu Pass riding a water buffalo.
Yamantaka is the "destroyer of death" deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, above riding a water buffalo. Carved cliff relief of Yamāntaka, one out of a set depicting the Ten Wisdom Kings, at the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. 7th century.
The oldest evidence of water buffalo discovered in the Philippines is multiple fragmentary skeletal remains recovered from the upper layers of the Neolithic Nagsabaran site, part of the Lal-lo and Gattaran Shell Middens (~2200 BCE to 400 CE) of northern Luzon. Most of the remains consisted of skull fragments, almost all of which have cut marks ...
In the nearby district of Umm Khashm, the number of water buffalo decreased from 15,000 to 9,000 over five years, said local mayor, Meshtaq Sebar. Khaled Shemal, a spokesman for Iraq's ministry of ...
Yamantaka, Fear-Striking Vajra, Destroyer of Death (Tibetan: Gshin-rje-gshed), multiheaded, holding vajra, rope, dagger, riding a water buffalo, statue of a guardian, enormous strength, Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, Art Institute, Chicago
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A water buffalo is on the loose in an Iowa town, and police are warning people that it is injured and aggressive. Police in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill responded Saturday to a call ...
The domestic water buffalo and carabao, pull wagons and ploughs in Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Draught or draft horses are commonly used in harness for heavy work. Several breeds of medium-weight horses are used to pull lighter wheeled carts, carriages and buggies when a certain amount of speed or style is desirable.