[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) › c5.2139 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2139 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2139 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2139) VĪTA-HAVYA. A king of the Haihayas. His sons attacked and slew all the family of Divodāsa, king of Kāsī. A son, named Pratardana (q.v.), was subsequently born to Divodāsa, and he attacked the Haihayas and compelled Vīta-havya to fly to the sage Bhrigu for protection. Pratardana pursued him, and demanded that he should be given up. Then “Vita-havya, by the mere word of Bhrigu, became a Brāhman Rishi and an utterer of the Veda” (Mahā-bhārata). His son, Gritsa-mada, was a highly honoured Rishi, and author of several hymns in the Rig-veda. He was the founder of the tribe of Haihayas called Vīta-havyas. - [Previous: c5.2138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2138) - [Next: c5.2140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2140) - [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.c5.2139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2139) · Pramāṇa