09-11-2008, 09:31 AM
"humbhA" of the cow is a stobha that used in gANa-s of the jaiminIya sAmaveda. In the soma ritual there is a long gAna composed on indraM id gathino bR^ihat... where the stobha-s humbhA are inserted as the "roar of the vR^iShabha". It is possible that vAlmIki had that in mind.