[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) › c5.1929 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1929 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1929 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1929](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1929) The Aitareya Brāhmana and the Satapatha Brāhmana have a story of the Gandharvas having stolen the soma juice, or, as one calls it, “King Soma,” and that as the Gandharvas were fond of women, Vāch was, at her own suggestion, “turned into a female” by the gods and Rishis, and went to recover it from them. - [Previous: c5.1928](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1928) - [Next: c5.1930](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1930) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1929](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1929) · Pramāṇa