Uchchaihshravas

Uchchaihshravas
A painting depicting seven-headed Uchchaihshravas
AbodeSvarga
TextsMahabharata
Ramayana

In Hinduism, Uchchaihshravas (Sanskrit: उच्चैःश्रवस्, IAST: Uccaiḥśravas or Sanskrit: उच्चैःश्रवा:, IAST: Uccaiḥśravāḥ), (lit. 'long-ears' or 'neighing aloud'') is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the ocean. It is considered the best of horses, as prototype and king of the horses. Uchchaihshravas is often described as a vahana of Indra, but is also recorded to be the horse of Bali, the king of the asuras. Uchchaihshravas is said to be snowy white in colour.

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