[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) › c5.650 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.650 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.650 - **Language:** English ### [c5.650](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.650) HARYASWAS. Five thousand sons of the patriarch Daksha, begotten by him for the purpose of peopling the earth. The sage Nārada dissuaded them from producing offspring, and they “dispersed themselves through the regions and have not returned.” - [Previous: c5.649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.649) - [Next: c5.651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.651) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.650](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.650) · Pramāṇa