A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.890

c5.890

KRATU. One of the Prajāpatis, and sometimes reckoned among the great Rishis and mind-born sons of Brahmā. (See Rishi.) The Vishnu Purāna says that his wife Samnati brought forth the 60,000 Vālikhilyas, pigmy sages no bigger than a joint of the thumb.