[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) › c5.1523 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1523 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1523 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1523) RISHYA-SRINGA. ‘The deer-horned.’ A hermit, the son of Vibhāndaka, descended from Kasyapa. According to the Rāmāyana and Mahā-bharata he was born of a doe and had a small horn on his forehead. He was brought up in the forest by his father, and saw no other human being till he was verging upon manhood. There was great drought in the country of Anga, and the king, Lomapāda, was advised by his Brāhmans to send for the youth Rishya-sringa, who should marry his daughter Sāntā, and be the means of obtaining rain. A number of fair damsels were sent to bring him. He accompanied them back to their city, the desired rain fell, and he married Sāntā. This Sāntā was the adopted daughter of Lomapāda; her real father was Dasa-ratha, and it was Rishya-sringa who performed that sacrifice for Dasa-ratha which brought about the birth of Rāma. - [Previous: c5.1522](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1522) - [Next: c5.1524](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1524) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1523) · Pramāṇa