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== Airavata Swarupa ==
 
== Airavata Swarupa ==
While in general context Airavata is referred to the celestial elephant vahana of Devendra, other versions are also mentioned.
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While in general context Airavata is referred to the celestial elephant vahana of Devendra, it also refers to
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One can come to know the form and lineage of this divine elephant as given below.
 
* white elephants with four tusks, swift-footed belonging to the lineage of Airavata (Bhag. Pura. 10.59.37)<ref>Tagare, Ganesh Vasudeo. ''[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.126199/2015.126199.Ancient-Indian-Tradition-And-Mythology-Vol10-Part-4#page/n390 The Bhagavata Purana, Part 4 (Skanda 10).]'' Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Pvt. Ltd.</ref>
 
* white elephants with four tusks, swift-footed belonging to the lineage of Airavata (Bhag. Pura. 10.59.37)<ref>Tagare, Ganesh Vasudeo. ''[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.126199/2015.126199.Ancient-Indian-Tradition-And-Mythology-Vol10-Part-4#page/n390 The Bhagavata Purana, Part 4 (Skanda 10).]'' Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Pvt. Ltd.</ref>
 
* a large elephant (Sarga 14, Aranyakanda, Ramayana).  
 
* a large elephant (Sarga 14, Aranyakanda, Ramayana).  
* name of a mountain situated in Bharatavarsha, in a region south of mount Meru (Vara. Pura. Adhyaya 85)
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* KAURAVYA was a noble serpent which was born of Airavata. (M.B. Adi Parva, Chapter 218, Stanza 18).
 
* KAURAVYA was a noble serpent which was born of Airavata. (M.B. Adi Parva, Chapter 218, Stanza 18).
  

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