satāra
| Notes | var. satār, satāhar; n. lit. "the big one". 1) category of sacrificial buffaloes. Under the provision that the list given in E_2779_0005 provides a grading of bulls according to either size or age, the satāra is the forth and biggest, bigger than kaṭuvā, kāṃjokho, and malauṭo. 2) The biggest buffalo sacrificed during Dasaĩ, symbolizing Mahiṣāsura, the demon enemy of the goddess Durgā (Tingey 1997: 99; Unbescheid 1996: 120–125, passim). |
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