[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v2.c7.s1.781 # The Purana Index v2.c7.s1.781 The Purāṇa Index v2.c7.s1.781 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c7.s1.781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.781) \*Tvaṣṭa\* (\*Tvaṣṭṛ\*)—a son of Aditi, and an Āditya¹ Presented Pṛthu with a good chariot² His wife was Racaṇā, and sons were Sannivasa and Viśvarūpa (s v),³ when the latter was lost, he offered a sacrifice to destroy Indra From the fire rose a dreadful figure known as Vrtra The Gods were frightened and prayed to Hari The lord revealed Himself and asked them to meet the sage Dadhyañja with whose support Vrtra could be vanquished Dadhyañja initiated them into Nārāyaṇavarma,⁴ was propitiated by Angiras for blessing Citrāksa with a son ⁵ His contemplation ⁶ The name of the Sun in the month of Isa (Āśvina) ⁷ (Māgha and Phālguna) (Vā P. and Vi P) Fought with Sambara in the Devāsura war ⁸ Out of the tejas came Visnu's cakra Indra's vajra, and Rudra's sūlam, all limbs except the feet of Vivasvan were operated upon, and hence feet amangala and not to be worshipped, presented Kumāra with a hen that could assume any form at will ⁹ - [Previous: v2.c7.s1.780](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.780) - [Next: v2.c7.s1.782](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.782) - [Up: v2.c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.781) · Pramāṇa