Kamadhenu - कामधेनू - the wish-fulfilling Cow.

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The image here illustrates the Vedic teaching that each part of the cow embodies a particular deity.

For example, Brahma (the creator of the Universe in Hinduism) is her back, while Lord Vishnu is her throat.

To the right, a man is seen as protecting the cow from being slaughtered
All the gods are believed to reside in the body of Kamadhenu — the divine cow.

Her four legs are the scriptural Vedas;

her horns are the Three Main Gods - Brahma (tip), Vishnu (middle) and Shiva (base); her eyes are the Sun and Moon gods,
her shoulders the fire-god Agni and the wind-god Vayu and her legs the Himalayas.

Kamadhenu is often depicted in this form in poster art.

The Cow symbolizes the dharma itself.
It is said to have stood steadily upon the earth with its four feet during the 'Satya Yuga ' (world's first age of truth), upon three feet during the 'Treta Yuga' (the second stage of less than perfection),
upon two feet during 'the Dwapara yuga' (the third stage of dwindling
and disappearing perfection)
and only on one leg during 'Kali Yuga' (the fourth and current age of decadence).

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