A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.655

c5.655

HAYA-SIRAS, HAYA-SĪRSHA. ‘Horse-head.’ In the Mahā-bhārata it is recorded that the sage Aurva (q.v.) “cast the fire of his anger into the sea,” and that it there “became the great Haya-siras, known to those acquainted with the Veda, which vomits forth that fire and drinks up the waters.” A form of Vishnu.