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For the island in Croatia, see Daksa (island). Daksha Ram-faced Daksha (right) with Virabhadra form of Shiva Personal information Consort Prasuti, Panchajani Children Aditi, Diti, Sati, Svaha, Swadha, Rohini, Revati, Rati and Khyati Parents Brahma (father) Saraswati (mother) Siblings Four Kumaras and Narada According to Hindu mythology, Dakṣa (Sanskrit: दक्ष, lit. able, dexterous, or honest one [1] is one of the sons of Lord Brahma, who, after creating the ten Manas Putras, created Daksha, Dharma, Kamadeva and Agni from his right thumb, chest, heart and eyebrows respectively. [2] Besides his noble birth, Daksa was a great kshatriya king. Pictures show him as a rotund and obese man with a stocky body, protruding belly, and muscular with the head of an ibex-like creature with spiral horns. Contents 1 Daughters 2 Story of Sati and Shiva 2.1 Daksha Yagna 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Daughters According to the Puranas, Daksha had 89 daughters According to Vishnu Purana ...

This article is about the Hindu deity. For Jewish period of mourning, see Shiva (Judaism). For other uses, see Shiva (disambiguation). Shiva Statue of Shiva at Murudeshwar Affiliation Parabrahman (Shaivism), Trimurti, Deva, Ishvara Abode Mount Kailash [1] Mantra Om Namah Shivaya Weapon Trishula, Pashupatastra, Parashu (Axe), Rudra Astra, Pinaka (bow) [2] Symbols Lingam [2] Mount Nandi [3] Festivals Maha Shivaratri, Shravan month [4] Personal information Consort Parvati (identified with Kali/ Durga), Sati [9] Children Ganesha and Kartikeya Regional: Ayyappan (Aiyanar, Shasta), [5] [6] Ashokasundari, Manasa, [7] Vishnumaya [8] and others This article contains Indic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Shiva ( / ˈ ʃ iː v ə , ˈ ʃ ɪ -/ ; Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one ) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being within Shaivism, one of the ma...