[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1403 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1403 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1403 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1403](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1403) PRISNI. In the Vedas and Purānas, the earth, the mother of the Maruts. The name is used in the Vedas also for a cow. There were several females of this name, and one of them is said to have been a new birth of Devakī. - [Previous: c5.1402](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1402) - [Next: c5.1404](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1404) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1403](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1403) · Pramāṇa