[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) › c5.656 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.656 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.656 - **Language:** English ### [c5.656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.656) In the Bhāgavata Purāna Brahmā is represented as saying, “In my sacrifice Bhagavat himself was Haya-śirsha, the male of the sacrifice, whose colour is that of gold, of whom the Vedas and the sacrifices are the substance and the gods the soul; when he respired, charming words came forth from his nostrils.” - [Previous: c5.655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.655) - [Next: c5.657](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.657) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.656) · Pramāṇa