हयग्रीव

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Noun

 * 1) an avatar 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 हयग्रीव)