Query

[diwakar acharya]

>The first is "caamara" at ViDh 50.33. This term has been changed to 
>"vaanara" in the vulgate, but my best manuscripts have "caamara". This 
>occurs in a list of animals, killing of which entails a penance. So the 
>term cannot have the common meaning of a Yak's tail.

Kumaarasa.mbhava I.13 uses camarii in the sense of Yak not a yak's tail, and 
the Nepali word for yak, cauri, is derived from this term. So it is quite 
possible that caamara is Yak or is closely related with Yak. Is it a male 
Yak?

I do not know how old and frequent was cross breeding in the past, but it is 
a fact that Yaks are cross bred with cows in Nepal to produce stronger and 
enduring hybrids. They get a seperate name but right now I do not remember 
the term. Theoretically this can be called caamara.  But I would give 
priority to the first possibility.

Diwakar

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