"Out of 51 cases of description of buffalo in RV only 2 in the latest cycle do not have a sharply defined sacred character (X.28.10 and X.60.3 (but this mention may have religious significance if we compare it with the verse I.174.4)). In all other 49 allusions the image of buffalo is used exclusively to characterize Devas and related figures and never to signify evil powers or personages."