Vena

In Hindu mythology, a wicked king
who prohibits all religious rites and giftgiving except those dedicated to him. He
is finally killed by a group of outraged
sages, who through their magic powers
transform blades of sacred kusha grass
into spears. After Vena has been killed,
the problem of the royal succession arises.
The sages first churn from his thigh a
small, malformed, dark-skinned man
named Nishada, who is believed to be
the ancestor of the tribal people known
as the Nishadas. Nishada takes upon
himself all Vena’s manifold sins, thus
purging them from Vena. After Vena has
been cleansed, the sages churn his right
hand, from which emerges a radiant and
shining boy, who is King Prthu.