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| rdfs:comment | - Hiranyaksha was an asura of Hindu mythology. He was the son of Diti and brother of Hiranyakashipu. He dragged the Earth, in the guise of a cow, into the cosmic ocean. In order to defeat him and save Prithvi, Vishnu took the form of Varaha, a boar. He battled Hiranyaksha for one thousand years until he killed the demon and lifted the Earth on his tusks. His brother was also killed by Vishnu.
- In Hinduism, Hiranyaksha (Sanskrit: हिरण्याक्ष) [golden-eyed] was an Asura of pre-ancient India and the son of Diti and Kashyapa. He was slain by the god Vishnu after he (Hiranyaksha) took the Earth to the bottom of what has been described as the "Cosmic Ocean". His name in Sanskrit literally means "Goldeneye". Vishnu assumed the Avatar of a boar - Varaha and dove into the ocean to lift the Earth, in the process slaying Hiranyaksha who was obstructing Him. The battle lasted one thousand years.
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| abstract | - Hiranyaksha was an asura of Hindu mythology. He was the son of Diti and brother of Hiranyakashipu. He dragged the Earth, in the guise of a cow, into the cosmic ocean. In order to defeat him and save Prithvi, Vishnu took the form of Varaha, a boar. He battled Hiranyaksha for one thousand years until he killed the demon and lifted the Earth on his tusks. His brother was also killed by Vishnu.
- In Hinduism, Hiranyaksha (Sanskrit: हिरण्याक्ष) [golden-eyed] was an Asura of pre-ancient India and the son of Diti and Kashyapa. He was slain by the god Vishnu after he (Hiranyaksha) took the Earth to the bottom of what has been described as the "Cosmic Ocean". His name in Sanskrit literally means "Goldeneye". Vishnu assumed the Avatar of a boar - Varaha and dove into the ocean to lift the Earth, in the process slaying Hiranyaksha who was obstructing Him. The battle lasted one thousand years. He had an elder brother named Hiranyakashipu, who after having undertaken penances which made him incredibly powerful and invincible unless several conditions were met, was later slain by Narasimha, another avatar of Vishnu.
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