हाहाहा. म्हशींचे उल्लेख बॅट्या शोधून देईलच पण हे बघ खुद्द महाभारतात २१००० गायी कापल्याचे उल्लेख आहेत. द्रोणपर्वातील षोडषराजकीय आख्यान. रन्तिदेवाची कथा. On such nights, when guests were assembled in the abode of Rantideva, one and twenty thousand kine were sacrificed (for feeding them). And yet the royal cook adorned with begemmed ear-rings, had to cry out, saying, 'Eat as much soup as you like, for, of meat, there is not as much today as in other days. Whatever gold was left belonging to Rantideva, he gave even that remnant away unto the Brahmanas during the progress of one of his sacrifices. In his very sight the gods used to take the libations of clarified butter poured into the fire for them, and the Pitris the food that was offered to them, in Sraddhas. And all superior Brahmanas used to obtain from him (the means of gratifying) all their desires. When he died, O Srinjaya, who was superior to thee in respect of the four cardinal virtues and who, superior to thee was, therefore, much superior to thy son, thou shouldst not, saying, 'Oh, Swaitya, Oh, Swaitya,' grieve for the latter who performed no sacrifice and made no sacrificial present.'"

म्हशीचे रुप घेतलेल्या असुराला मारणार्‍या दुर्गेचा उल्लेख आहे ;)

पुराणांचे माहिती नाही. परंतु महाभारत, अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय क्र. ८८. भीष्म-युधिष्ठिर संवाद. पितरांना काय अर्पण केल्यास त्यांची तृप्ती चिरकाल टिकते असे युधिष्ठिर भीष्मांना विचारतोय. त्यावर भीष्म एक लंबीचवडी लिष्ट सांगताहेत. याचे मांस अर्पण केल्यावर १ दिवस, त्याचे मांस अर्पिल्यावर १ महिना, इ.इ. त्यात ८ व्या श्लोकात म्हशीच्या/रेड्याच्या मांसाने तृप्ती ११ महिने टिकते असे सांगितले आहे. मासान् एकादश प्रीतिः पितॄणां माहिषेण तु | गव्येन दत्ते श्राद्धे तु संवत्सरम इहॊच्यते || "म्हशीच्या मांसाने पितरांची प्रीति/प्रेम/तृप्ती ११ महिने टिकते, तर श्रद्धापूर्वक अर्पिलेल्या गाईच्या मांसाने वर्षभर टिकते. रेफ्रन्स लिंक