[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) › c5.655 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.655 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.655 - **Language:** English ### [c5.655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.654) - [Next: c5.656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.656) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.655) · Pramāṇa