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Legend · 6 tellings · contested

Tvashtri, his three-headed son and the word said wrong

Indra kills Tvashtri's three-headed son; Tvashtri shuts Indra out of his Soma, and from the dregs thrown in the fire raises Vritra with a curse that comes out the wrong way round.

Tvashtri, Vishvarupa Trishiras, Indra, Vritra

Pan-India