[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) › c5.665 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.665 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.665 - **Language:** English ### [c5.665](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.665) HIRANYA-KASIPU. ‘Golden dress.’ A Daitya who, according to the Mahā-bhārata and the Purānas, obtained from Siva the sovereignty of the three worlds for a million of years, and persecuted his son Prahlāda for worshipping Vishnu. He was slain by Vishnu in the Nara-sinha, or man-lion incarnation. He and Hiranyāksha were twin-brothers and chiefs of the Daityas. - [Previous: c5.664](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.664) - [Next: c5.666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.666) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.665](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.665) · Pramāṇa