Vedic Mythology c5.s4.5

c5.s4.5

He is a skilful workman (1, 85⁹; 3, 54¹²), producing various objects showing the skill of an artificer. He is in fact the most skilful of workmen, versed in crafty contrivances (10, 53⁹). He is several times said (5, 31⁴ &c.) to have fashioned (√*takṣ*) the bolt of Indra. He also sharpens the iron axe of Brahmaṇaspati (10, 53⁹). He formed a new cup (1, 20⁶) which contained the food of the *asura* (1, 110³) or the beverage of the gods (1, 161⁵; 3, 35⁵). He thus possesses vessels out of which the gods drink (10, 53⁹). The AV. (9, 4³· ⁶) describes him as an old man bearing a bowl of wealth, a cup full of Soma. From Tvaṣṭṛ the swift horse was produced (VS. 29, 9), and he gives speed to the horse (AV. 6, 92¹).