Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s4.67

v1.c17.s4.67

The Aswa.—To the Indu race of Aswa (the descendants of Dvimidha and Bajaswa), spread over the countries on both sides the Indus, do we probably owe the distinctive appellation of Asia. Herodotus ⁴ says the Greeks denominated Asia from the wife of Prometheus; while others deduce it from a grandson of Manes, indicating the Aswa descendants of the patriarch Manu. Asa,⁵ Sakambhari,⁶ Mata,⁷ is the divinity Hope, ‘ mother-protectress of the Sakha,’ or races. Every Rajput adores Asapurna, ‘ the fulfiller of desire ’; or, as Sakambhari Devi (goddess protectress), she is invoked previous to any undertaking.