TYPE: Sun God
ORIGIN: Hindu (Vedic and Puranic) - India
AFFILIATION: Prajapait, Manasputra
ABODE: Draksharamam
TEXTS: Rg Veda, Brahmana, Taittiriya Samhita, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Purana
PARENTS: Brahma (father)
CONSORT: Prasuti and Askini
CHILDREN: Daughters including Svaha, Khyati, Sati, Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kadru, Vinata, Rohini, Revati, and Rati.
5000 sons called Haryasvas
1000 sons called Sabalasvas.
INFORMATION: The son of Brahma and Aditi, he is an Aditya and demiurge. His consort is Prasuti, and he is said to have had up to sixty daughters. He appears in conflict with his son-in-law Siva as the main offender agains Siva's consort Sati (accounted as one of his daughters), who was so insulted by Daksa that she committed suicide by jumping into a ritual fire. Siva took revenge by decapitating Daksa but later, after intercession from other Gods, Brahma brought him back to life, giving him the substitute head of a sacrificial goat. Also Prajapati.
ATTRIBUTE: Head of a goat