Diti

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Diti is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the mother of the Daityas (a race of powerful demons) and a consort of the sage Kashyapa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Diti canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu mythological figure ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
associatedDeity Indra ⓘ
associatedWith Asuras ⓘ
linked to: Asura

Daityas ⓘ
cosmic dualism ⓘ
conflictWith Indra ⓘ
consortOf Kashyapa ⓘ
cosmicFamily Prajapatis ⓘ
culture Ancient India ⓘ
linked to: ancient India
daughterOf Daksha ⓘ
etymology name sometimes interpreted as "division" or "limited" ⓘ
mentionedIn Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Vishnu Purana ⓘ
motherOf Daityas ⓘ
Hiranyakashipu ⓘ
Hiranyaksha ⓘ
Holika ⓘ
Maruts ⓘ
Simhika ⓘ
mythologicalType Asura matriarch ⓘ
narrativeTheme maternal grief ⓘ
vengeance against the Devas ⓘ
offspringClass Daityas ⓘ
Maruts ⓘ
opposedTo Devas ⓘ
oppositeCounterpart Aditi ⓘ
parent Daksha ⓘ
relative Aditi ⓘ
Danu ⓘ
Kadru ⓘ
Panchajani ⓘ
Vinata ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
role mother of demons ⓘ
progenitor of Daityas ⓘ
sibling Aditi ⓘ
sisterOf Aditi ⓘ
spouse Kashyapa ⓘ
symbolizes darkness ⓘ
division ⓘ
tradition Puranic tradition ⓘ
Vedic tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prahlada → grandchildOf → Diti ⓘ
subject linked to: Holika and Prahlada
Kashyapa → spouse → Diti ⓘ
Kashyapa → consortOf → Diti ⓘ
Prahlada → grandmother → Diti ⓘ
Hiranyaksha → parent → Diti ⓘ
Maruts → possibleParent → Diti ⓘ