The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c22.s3.6

v1.c22.s3.6

The other heroes are of less consequence except Kutsa,⁵ who is important for the part played by him in connexion with Indra. In order to assist Kutsa to overthrow Çuṣṇa, Indra tore off one wheel of the sun, and gave the other to him to drive on with. The mythic element seems merely to be the introduction of this deed of Indra; as Indra defeated for him Smadibha, Tugra, and the Vetasus, and on the other hand defeats for Tūrvayāṇa Kutsa, Āyu, and Atithigva, it seems most probable that Kutsa is a real enough prince. Bergaigne ⁶ sees in him, as too often, a figure of Agni, and the Naighaṇṭuka ⁷ includes his name among the synonyms of the thunderbolt.