[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) › c5.1536 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1536 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1536 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1536](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1536) SĀDHYAS. A Gana or class of inferior deities; the personified rites and prayers of the Vedas who dwell with the gods or in the intermediate region between heaven and earth. Their number is twelve according to one authority, and seventeen according to another, and the Purānas make them sons of Dharma and Sādhyā, daughter of Daksha. - [Previous: c5.1535](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1535) - [Next: c5.1537](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1537) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1536](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1536) · Pramāṇa