[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) › c5.664 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.664 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.664 - **Language:** English ### [c5.664](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.664) HIRANYĀKSHA. ‘Golden eye.’ A Daitya who dragged the earth to the depths of the ocean. He was twin-brother of Hiranyakasipu, and was killed by Vishnu in the Boar incarnation. - [Previous: c5.663](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.663) - [Next: c5.665](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.665) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.664](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.664) · Pramāṇa