The daughter of Daksha, wife of Kashyapa, and mother of the Daityas.
दिति (diti) [Printed book page 255-2] Diti, the daughter of Dakṣa, the wife of Kaśyapa and mother
of the Daityas. § 84 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 64, 2486
(°eḥ putrāḥ, i.e. the Daityas).—§ 87 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65,
2520 (daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa).—§ 89
(do.): I, 65, 2525 (mother of Hiraṇyakaśipu).—§ 130
(do.): I, 67, 2641 (°eḥ putro Hiraṇyakaśipuḥ).—§ 237
(Vaivāhikap.): I, 193, †7176 (cakrāma Vajrīva D°eḥ suteṣu
—i.e. the Daityas—sarvaiś ca devair ṛṣibhiś ca juṣṭaḥ).—
§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 456 (in the palace of
Brahmán).—§ 310 (Āranyakap.): III, 3α, 155 (°eḥ sutaḥ =
Sūrya, but read with B. 'diteḥ suṭaḥ).—§ 422b (Naraka):
III, 142, 10917 (°eḥ sutaḥ, i.e. Naraka).—§ 441 (Nivātaka-
vacayuddhap.): III, 165, †11909 (sapta pūgān Diteḥ
sutānāṃ, i.e. the Daityas, slain by Indra).—§ 444 (do.):
III, 169, 12094 (°eḥ putrāḥ, i.e. the Nivātakavacas).—§ 565
(Gālavacarita): V, 110, 3808 (atra—i.e. in the west—
devīṃ Ditim ātmaprasavadhāriṇīṃ | vigarbhām akarec Chakro
yatra jāto Marudgaṇaḥ).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 73,
2608 (°eḥ puraṃ).—§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 68κ, †3393
(tava Kunti putro jāto Diter Viṣnur ivārihantā, but read
'diter with B.).—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207ε, 7537
(eldest daughter of Dakṣa), 7545 (mother of the Asuras).—
§ 714 (Śukakṛtya): XII, 329, 12417 (evam ete D°eḥ putrā
Mārutāḥ paramādbhutāḥ, i.e. the winds; B. and Nīl. read
'diteḥ, but cf. V, 3808).—§ 719b (Gautamī-lubdhaka-vyāla-
Mṛtyu-Kāla-saṃv.): XIII, 1α, 55 (PCR. has Aditi).—
§ 730g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14θ, 796 (°eḥ sutān, i.e. the
Daityas).
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