Daksha

deity earth Hindu single tradition · 13

A Hindu god whose head was replaced with a goat's head after he was beheaded.

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Vedic period.

Relationships

enemy of
Śiva, Nārada, Bhadrakali
consort of
Asikni, Prasuti
child of
Marisha, Vishvā, Brahma, Aditi
creator of
Kamadhenu
syncretized with
Prajapati

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Sources

Source passages

“Daksha – A Hindu god whose head was replaced with a goat's head after he was beheaded.”

#4708 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“This child, Marisha, became the wife of Prachetas, and the mother of Daksha.”

#8014 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Devasena is described as the daughter of Daksha in the Mahabharata”

#11968 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Once Daksha had organized a great yagna (fire sacrifice) and did not invite Sati's husband, Shiva. Sati, infuriated, decided to attend the feast nevertheless. Thereupon, Daksha insulted Shiva.”

#18943 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“daughter of Daksha”

#22388 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001