[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) › c5.411 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.411 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.411 - **Language:** English ### [c5.411](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.411) In the Hari-vansa Daksha appears in another variety of his character. According to this authority, Vishnu himself became Daksha, and formed numerous creatures, or, in other words, he became the creator. Daksha, the first of males, by virtue of yoga, himself took the form of a beautiful woman, by whom he had many fair daughters, whom he disposed of in marriage in the manner related by Manu and above stated. - [Previous: c5.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.410) - [Next: c5.412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.412) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.411](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.411) · Pramāṇa