[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) › c5.1580 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1580 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1580 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1580) SANDHYĀ. ‘Twilight.’ It is personified as the daughter of Brahmā and wife of Siva. In the Siva Purāna it is related that Brahmā having attempted to do violence to his daughter, she changed herself into a deer. Brahmā then assumed the form of a stag and pursued her through the sky. Siva saw this, and shot an arrow which cut off the head of the stag. Brahmā then reassumed his own form and paid homage to Siva. The arrow remains in the sky in the sixth lunar mansion, called Ardrā, and the stag’s head remains in the fifth mansion, Mriga-siras. - [Previous: c5.1579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1579) - [Next: c5.1581](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1581) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1580) · Pramāṇa