[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 1.5.49 # Vishnupurana 1.5.49 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.5.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.49) padbhyāṃ cāśvān samātaṅgān rāsabhān gavayān mṛgān uṣṭrān aśvatarāṃś caiva nyaṅkūn anyāś ca jātayaḥ // > The divine Brahmá, influenced by their material energies, having created these beings, made others of his own will. Birds he formed from his vital vigour; sheep from his breast; goats from his mouth; kine from his belly and sides; and horses, elephants, Sarabhas, Gayals, deer, camels, mules, antelopes, and other animals, from his feet: whilst from the hairs of his body sprang herbs, roots, and fruits. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.48) - [Next: 1.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.50) - [Up: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.5.9) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.5.p3.3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.5.49) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.106-2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.8.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.7.53) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.49) · Pramāṇa