Hayagrīva
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Hari with the horse's head
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
The horse-headed form of Viṣṇu (Hari), said to have been born on Śrāvaṇī Paurṇamāsī in the Śravaṇa nakṣatra.
On this same day is the birth of Hayagrīva.
> On Śrāvaṇī, in the Śravaṇa *nakṣatra*, Hari with the horse's head was formerly born.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Demon slain by Vishnu at Mount Cakravan, in the myth explaining the discus.
"There, having slain Pañcajana and the demon Hayagrīva, the Supreme Person carried off the discus and the conch shell.