A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.654
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.654
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HAYA-GRĪVA. ‘Horse-necked.’ According to one legend, a Daitya who stole the Veda as it slipped out of the mouth of Brahmā while he was sleeping at the end of a kalpa, and was killed by Vishnu in the Fish Avatāra. According to another, Vishnu himself, who assumed this form to recover the Veda, which had been carried off by two Daityas.