Sarama

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Sarama (Sanskrit: सरमा, Saramā) or Devashuni (Sanskrit: देव-शुनी, Devaśunī) is a female dog of the gods in Hindu mythology. She first appears in one of Hinduism's earliest texts, the Rig Veda, in which she helps the king of the gods Indra to recover divine cows stolen by the Panis asuras. This legend is alluded to in many later texts, and Sarama is often associated with Indra. The epic Mahabharata, and some Puranas, also make brief reference to Sarama. Early Rig Vedic works do not directly call Sarama a "dog," but her actions, behavior, and onomatopoeia in R.V. 10.108 provide a vivid description of a dog's behavior, and dogs in the Rig Veda are often given the name Sarameya—daughters of Sarama. In addition later Vedic mythologies and interpretations also directly call Sarama as a dog. She is described as the mother of all dogs, in particular of the two four-eyed brindle dogs of the god Yama, and dogs continue to be given the matronymic Sarameya ("offspring of Sarama"). One scripture further...

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