The daityas (Template:Lang-sa) are a race of asuras in Hindu mythology, descending from Kashyapa and his wife, Diti.[1] Prominent members of this race include Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashipu, and Mahabali, all of whom overran the earth, and required three of Vishnu's avataras to be vanquished.[2]
Literature
The Manusmṛiti classifies the daityas as good, while placing them at a lower level than the devas:
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List of daityas
Some of the notable daityas mentioned in Hindu mythology include:
- Hiranyakashipu - First son of Kashyapa and Diti
- Hiraṇyaksha - Second son of Kashyapa and Diti
- Holika - First daughter of Kashyapa and Diti
- Andhakasura - Son of Hiranyaksha (Born from the sweat of Shiva)
- Prahlada - Son of Hiranyakashipu
- Simhika - Daughter of Hiranyakashipu
- Virocana - Son of Prahlada, father of Mahabali
- Devamba - Mother of Mahabali
- Mahabali - Son of Virochana
- Baṇasura - Son of Mahabali
- Uṣā - Daughter of Banasura
- Rahu
- Vajranga - Son of Kashyapa and Diti
- Tarakasura
- Tripurasura - Son of Tarakasura
- Shambasura
See also
References
- ↑ The army of Demons (Asuras) [Chapter 40], www.wisdomlib.org. www.wisdomlib.org(2019-08-23). Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ Story of Diti, www.wisdomlib.org. www.wisdomlib.org(2019-01-28). Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ The Beginning of the Dwarf Incarnation: Bali Becomes King [Chapter 40], www.wisdomlib.org. www.wisdomlib.org(2020-11-14). Retrieved 2022-08-04.