Note 136 — THE NIDĀNAKATHĀ OR THE THREE EPOCHS.
Robert Cæsar Childers translation
Viz., I suppose, by dragging it forcibly away. This metaphor, which to us appears wanting in dignity, is a favourite one with the Hindus. The tail of the Yak or Tibetan ox (Bos Grunniens) is a beautiful object, and one of the insignia of Hindu royalty.