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Prithu
Kiing Prithu invented various types of crops on earth as also the jewels hidden in earth. He milched all the wealth of the earth, developed agriculture to its ' never before ' zenith and that way made the earth prosperous and magnificient for the welfare of all his subjects ( praja ). As a result, the earth came to be known as the daughter ( kanya ) of Prithu and named after him as Prithvi or Prithivi.
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