[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) › c5.633 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.633 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.633 - **Language:** English ### [c5.633](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.633) HAIHAYA. This name is supposed to be derived from haya, ‘a horse.’ 1. A prince of the Lunar race, and great-grandson of Yadu. 2. A race or tribe of people to whom a Scythian origin has been ascribed. The Vishnu Purāna represents them as descendants of Haihaya of the Yadu race, but they are generally associated with borderers and outlying tribes. In the Vāyu and other Purānas, five great divisions of the tribe are named : Tālajanghas, Vīti-hotras, Avantis, Tundikeras, and Jātas, or rather Su-jātas. They conquered Bāhu or Bāhuka, a descendant of King Haris-chandra, and were in their turn conquered, along with many other barbarian tribes, by King Sagara, son of Bāhu. According to the Mahā-bhārata, they were descended from Sar-yāti, a son of Manu. They made incursions into the Doāb, and they took the city of Kāsī (Benares), which had been fortified against them by King Divo-dāsa ; but the grandson of this king, Pratardana by name, destroyed the Haihayas, and re-established the kingdom of Kāsī. Arjuna-Kārtavīrya, of a thousand arms, was king of the Haihayas, and he was defeated and had his arms cut off by Parasu-rāma. - [Previous: c5.632](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.632) - [Next: c5.634](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.634) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (3) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.633](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.633) · Pramāṇa