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Scientific name
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Antilope cervicapra (Linn.)
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Common name
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Blackbuck / Indian Antelope
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Hindi
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Kadiyal / Kala hiran
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Tamil
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Iralai maan
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Sanskrit
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Ena / Mriga
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Telugu
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Krishna jinka
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Distribution
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Plains of India
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Religious Association
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Vayu , the Hindu God of wind has an antelope as his vahana . Its ability to run swiftly has probably led to this association with the wind God.The animal is also the vahana of Chandra , the Hindu moon-God.
The blackbuck is held sacred by the Bishnoi tribes of Rajasthan. They consider it a sin to kill these animals..
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For more information, please refer " Sacred Animals Of India" by Nanditha Krishna, Penguin book India , 2010
ISBN 9780143066194
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