[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) › c5.2009 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2009 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2009 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2009](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2009) In the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa he appears as the family priest of Haris-chandra. He was so incensed at the treatment shown to that monarch by Viswāmitra, that he cursed that sage to be transformed into a crane. His adversary retorted by dooming him to become another bird, and in the forms of two monstrous birds they fought so furiously that the course of the universe was disturbed, and many creatures perished. Brahmā at length put an end to the conflict by restoring them to their natural forms and compelling them to be reconciled. - [Previous: c5.2008](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2008) - [Next: c5.2010](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2010) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2009](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2009) · Pramāṇa