Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.950
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.950
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4) *Birth of Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa.* Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa were the rebirth of Jaya and Vijaya, the two gate-keepers of Mahāviṣṇu. (See under Jaya). There is a story as to how they were born as the sons of Diti.