Editing Daksha (section)

===Birth===
The epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' describes Daksha and his wife emerging from the right and left thumbs of the creator god [[Brahma]] respectively.<ref name = "VM" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Coulter|first1=Charles Russell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIngqiKOugC&q=Sati|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities|last2=Turner|first2=Patricia|date=2013-07-04|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-96390-3|language=en}}</ref> According to [[Matsya Purana]], Daksha, Dharma, Kamadeva, and Agni were born from Brahma's right thumb, chest, heart and eyebrows, respectively. According to many texts including the ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', Daksha is born twice—First as a [[Manasaputra]] (mind-created son) of Brahma and later, as a son of [[Prachetas]] and Marisha.<ref name = "VM" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Prabhupada|first=His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4VOCgAAQBAJ&q=dak%E1%B9%A3a+yaj%C3%B1a&pg=PT1964|title=Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto: The Creation of the Fourth Order|date=1974-12-31|publisher=The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust|isbn=978-91-7149-637-9|language=en}}</ref> In contrast to the later Puranic myths, the ''[[Rig Veda]]'' states that Daksha and the goddess [[Aditi]] emerge from one another, thus he is both her son and father.<ref name="Rig" />