हयग्रीव

Sanskrit

Noun

हयग्रीव • (hayagrīva) m

From हय (haya) +‎ ग्रीवा (grīvā) (literary) ‘horse-necked’.

  1. name of a form of Vishnu (manifested according to one legend, in order to recover the वेद carried off by two दैत्यs called मधु and कैटभ)
  2. name of a Daitya (also called ब्रह्म-वेद-प्रहर्तृ, as having carried off the वेदs at the dissolution of the universe caused by ब्रह्म's sleep at the end of the past कल्प ; in order to recover them, विष्णु became incarnate as a मत्स्य or fish, and slew हय-ग्रीव)

Descendants
  • → Tamil: ஹயக்ரீவன் (hayakrīvaṉ)
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