 In RV 1.64.7, 8.33.8 and 10.40.4, "wild" elephants are mentioned.In the Rigveda and in the Atharvaveda, the term is translated as elephant (according to Keith and Macdonell, Roth and other scholars).In the Rig Veda, "Mrga Hastin" (animal with a hand) occurs in RV 1.64.7 and RV 4.16.14.