[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) › c5.1916 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1916 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1916 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1916](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1916) USIJ. Mentioned in the \*Rig-veda\* as the mother of Kakshīvat. A female servant of the queen of the Kalinga Rāja. The king desired his queen to submit to the embraces of the sage Dīrgha-tamas, in order that he might beget a son. The queen substituted her bondmaid Usij. The sage, cognisant of the deception, sanctified Usij, and begat upon her a son, Kakshīvat, who, through his affiliation by the king, was a Kshatriya, but, as the son of Dīrgha-tamas, was a Brāhman. This story is told in the Mahā-bhārata and some of the Purānas. - [Previous: c5.1915](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1915) - [Next: c5.1917](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1917) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1916](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1916) · Pramāṇa