[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) › c5.890 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.890 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.890 - **Language:** English ### [c5.890](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.889](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.889) - [Next: c5.891](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.891) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.890](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.890) · Pramāṇa