Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.17

c18.17

¹² The legend is that in early times mountains had wings, and as they did considerable mischief by their use, Indra set about cutting them The mountains thereupon took refuge in the sea The story originated from the double sense which the word *parvata* bears in the Vedas It denotes "a mountain" and "a cloud" also Indra was the god who prevented the clouds, from flying from place to place, and compelled them to discharge their freight on the earth for the benefit of his human worshippers