Kaśyapa
deity Hindu single tradition · 15
Kaśyapa is the consort of Diti. He was deeply absorbed in his day’s devotional worship when Diti approached him to beget a son for her. He reluctantly yielded to her carnal desires at dusk, an inauspicious time.
↻ synthesized from 15 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana.
Relationships
- parent of
- Keshini, Rambha, Tilottama, Manorama, Alambusha, Mishrakeshi, Vidhyutparna, Rakshita, Subahu, Surata, Suraja, Vibhandaka, Nagini, Sūrya, Aryaman, Adityas, Aruṇa, Dhata, Vasus, Prabhāsa, Prithu, Karkotaka, Vasuki, Manasā, Nāgas, Garuda, Śeṣa, Iravati, Hiraṇyakaśipu, Hiraṇyākṣa, Takshaka, Elapatra, Ananta, Indra
- co occurs with
- Pururavas, Jayanta, Madhavi, Rishyashringa, Nāgarāja, Tvashtr, Dhatr, Vivasvan, Prajapati Daksha, Chandi, Jaratkaru, Rama, Lakshmana, Balarama, Vinata, Mahāviṣṇu, Rudra, vāmadeva, kaṇva, parāśara, viśvāmitra, śaunaka, yājñavalkya, bharadwāja, jamadagni, gautama, mudgala, vyāsa, lomasa, kauśika, vatsa, manḍūka, Pushan, Savitr, Bhaga, Amsha, Aryaman, Dhatri, Asikni, Raktabija, Diti, Vajranaka, Arunasura, Surapadman, Simhika, Holika, Vasishtha, Shukra, Vāsudeva, Rajarshi Shuka, Śiva, Nārada, Durvasa, Agastya, Kapila, Atri, Pulastya, Arjuna, Chitrasena, Urvaśī, Mitra, Varuna, Sampati, Jatayu, Astika, Krishna, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Bhumi, Brahma, Parjanya, Daksha, Vamana, Hiranyakashipu, Hiranyaksha, Deva, Ashura
Mentioned by
- Indra
- Krodhavasha
- Danu
- Kamadhenu
- Śiva
- Nārada
- Durvasa
- Agastya
- Kapila
- Atri
- Pulastya
- Arjuna
- Chitrasena
- Urvaśī
- Mitra
- Varuna
and 15 more
Sources
Source passages
“Diti was one of the wives of Kaśyapa. She had no children while the other wives of Kaśyapa had children. Jealousy and grief rankled in her mind. One day she approached Kaśyapa and pressed him to beget a son for her.”
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