[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) › c5.654 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.654) 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. - [Previous: c5.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.653) - [Next: c5.655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.655) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.654) · Pramāṇa