A History of Assam c10.7

c10.7

His conversion to Hinduism. As usual in such cases, the Brāhmans soon sought him out. They discovered that his tribesmen were Kshatriyas who had thrown away their sacred threads when fleeing before the wrath of Parasurām, the son of the Brāhman ascetic Jamadagni, while Bisu himself was declared to be the son, not of the humble Hāriya Mandal, but of the God Siva who, assuming Hāriya's form, had had intercourse with his wife Hira, herself an incarnation of Siva's wife Pārbati. Bisu assumed the name of Bisva Singh, and his brother Sisu became Sib Singh, while many of his followers discarded their old tribal designation and called themselves Rājbansis.