A Wisdom Archive on Prasuti

In Hinduism, Daksha is an ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis, the Rishis and the Adityas, and a son of Aditi and Brahma. With his wife Prasuti, he is the father of many daughters, twenty-seven of whom were married to Soma. Daksha found that Soma overly favored one daughter (Rohini) over the others, thus neglecting their needs and flouting his responsibilities. For this, Daksha cursed him to wither and die. The daughters intervened and made his death periodic, sym ... Including:

• Daksha - Story of Sati and Shiva
• Daksha - Other daughters

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In Hinduism, Gowrī or Dākshāyani is the Goddess of marital felicity and longevity; she is worshipped particularly by ladies to seek the long life of their husbands. An aspect of Devi, Dakshayani is the consort of Shiva. Other names for Dakshayani include Gowrī, Umā, Satī, Aparnā, Lalithā, Sivakāmini and over a thousand others; a listing is to be found in the Lalithā Sahasranāmam. Dakshayani - Legend. The Goddess Umā, a personificatio ... Including:

• Dakshayani - Legend
• Dakshayani - Dakshayani weds Shiva
• Dakshayani - Dakshas arrogance
• Dakshayani - Dakshayani's self-immolation
• Dakshayani - Shiva's rage
• Dakshayani - Aftermath

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Dākshāyani was reborn as Pārvatī, daughter of Himavan, king of the mountains, and his wife, the apsara Menā. This time, she was born the daughter of a father whom she could respect, a father who appreciated Shiva fulsomely. Naturally, Pārvatī sought and received Shiva as her husband. This legend appears in detail in Tantra literature, in the puranas and in Kālidāsa's lyrical Kumārasāmbhavam, an epic that deals ...

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In later Hindu tales, Daksha is said also to be an ancient king of great repute and power. One of his daughters (often said to be the youngest) was Sati or Dakshayani, who had always wished to marry Shiva. Daksha forbade it, but she disobeyed him and did so anyway, finding in Shiva a doting and loving husband. Daksha disliked Shiva intensely, calling him a dirty, roaming ascetic and reviling the great yogi's cohort of goblins and ghouls. From then on, he distanced himself from his daughter and his son-in-law. This enmity culminated in ...

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