Rigveda: ibha-/vāraṇa/hastin (elephant), gaura (Indian
bison), mayūra (peacock ), mahiṣa/anūpa (buffalo), pṛṣatī (chital), siṁha (lion), śiṁśumāra (Gangetic or river dolphin), sālāvṛka (hyaena), kusumbhaka (scorpion), cakravāka (brahminy duck), ulūka (owl), kapota (pigeon), cāṣa (wagtail), śyena/suparṇa (eagle), gṛdhra (vulture), śiṁśapa (shisham tree), kiṁṣuka/parṇa (flame-of-the forest tree) khadira (heartwood tree), śalmalī/śimbala (silk-cotton tree), vibhīdaka (belleric myrobalan or behra), araṭva (arjuna tree), aśvattha/pippala (the sacred fig tree), urvāruka (cucumber), vetasa (rattan/cane), darbha, muñja, śarya, sairya, kuśara and vairiṇa (6 sacred Indian grasses).

Yajurveda and Atharvaveda: kaśyapa/ kūrma (tortoise), kapi (monkey), vyāghra (tiger), pṛdāku (leopard), śārdūla (tiger), khaḍga (rhinoceros), ajagara (python), nākra (crocodile), kṛkalāsa (chameleon), nakula (mongoose), jahakā (hedgehog), śalyaka (porcupine), jatū (bat), anyavāpa (cuckoo), kṛkavāku (cock), kapiñjala/tittiri (partridge); kalaviṅka (sparrow), kaṅka/krauñca (crane), śuka (parrot), ikṣu (sugarcane), bilva (bael plant), nyagrodha (banyan tree), śamī (shami tree), plakṣa (white fig tree), and pippalī (long pepper), and in the Atharvaveda, countless other Indian medicinal plants.

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