Daksha
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 ...