Sur Das Gujarati

"The First Adventure of the White Horse". The king performed the horse sacrifice in order to determine the extent of his rule. For one year a horse wanders and every land through which the horse passes becomes part of the king’s territory. Arjuna following the horse encountered the son-in-law of the god of fire, Agni, who creates a river of fire to block the warriors. Arjuna pleads with Agni, the god of fire that the horse be allowed to pass, saying that the horse sacrifice is in accordance with sacred Vedic injunctions, and that at the end of the year, the horse will be sacrificed to him, the god of fire himself.

Year: 1610-1617

From: Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)

Location: The Cleveland Museum of Art



Edited by: Chiara Petrolini


Related Documents:

Hubbell, H. M.

Horse Sacrifice in Antiquity

in: Yale Classical Studies, v. 1 (1928), issue : pp.181-192.