Editing Daksha (section)

===Consorts and children===
According to many Puranic scriptures, Daksha married [[Prasuti]] in his first birth and [[Asikni (goddess)|Asikni]] in his second birth.<ref name = "P" >{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvpjAAAAMAAJ&q=asikn%C4%AB+pras%C5%ABti|title=Purāṇam|date=2001|publisher=All-India Kasiraja Trust.|language=en}}</ref> Prasuti is described to be a daughter of [[Svayambhuva Manu]], with whom Daksha had 16, 24 or 60 daughters (depending upon the scriptural source).<ref name = "Enc" /><ref>''Vishnu Purana'', Vol-I, H.H. Willson. Book-I,Ch-#7, Page 109</ref><ref name=Wilkins>{{cite book|title=Hindu Mythology|last=Wilkins|first=W.J.|page=373|publisher=D.K. Printworld (P) Limited|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-246-0234-4|year=2003}}</ref> Asikni (also referred to as Panchajani and Virani) is the daughter of another Prajapati named Virana (or Panchajana). Daksha was delegated by Brahma to inhabit the world; he went on to create Gods, Sages, Asuras, Yakshas and Rakhashas from the mind but failed to be further successful.<ref name="VM" />{{Efn|Brahmanda Purana and Vayu Purana give a longer list of creations inc. plants, human beings, ghosts, serpents, deer, flesh-eating demons, and birds. Va. P. also mentions that Mahadeva had rebuked him, after the mind-created species failed to propagate.}} Upon a successful penance at the [[Vindhyas]], the god [[Vishnu]] granted Asikni as his wife and urged him to engage in sexual union.<ref name="VM">{{Cite encyclopedia|year=1975|title=Daksha|encyclopedia=Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi|location=Delhi, India|url=https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/193/mode/1up|last=Mani|first=Vettam|pages=193–194}}</ref><ref name=Maha>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m12/m12b111.htm the Horse-sacrifice of the Prajapati Daksha] [[The Mahabharata]] translated by [[Kisari Mohan Ganguli]] (1883–1896), Book 12: Santi Parva: Mokshadharma Parva: Section CCLXXXIV. '''p. 317'''. “I am known by the name of [[Virabhadra]]’’ and I have sprung from the wrath of Rudra. This lady (who is my companion), and who is called Bhadrakali, hath sprung from the wrath of the goddess.”</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/17/stories/2006061708850500.htm |title=The Hindu : Kerala / Kannur News : Huge crowd at Kottiyur temple |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030606/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/17/stories/2006061708850500.htm |archive-date=1 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
====Sons====
{{Main articles|Haryashvas and Shabalashvas}}
[[File:Daksha was angry with Inter galactic traveller Narada, just because he taught good things to his sons. Narada travels o different galaxies with his thought power.jpg|thumb|left|Daksha (right) cursing Narada, an illustration from a 20th-century book.]]
According to the Puranas, Daksha and Asikni first produced five thousand sons, who were known as [[Haryashvas and Shabalashvas|Haryashvas]]. They were interested in populating the Earth but upon the advice of [[Narada]], took to discovering worldly affairs instead and never returned. Brahma to have consoled a grievous Daksa after this loss. Daksha and Asikni again produced another thousand sons ([[Haryashvas and Shabalashvas|Shabalashvas]]), who had similar intentions but were persuaded by Narada to the same results. An angry Daksha cursed Narada to be a perpetual wanderer.<ref name="VM" />

====Daughters====
{{Main|List of Daksha's daughters}}
The ''Puranic scriptures'' differ in the number of Daksha's daughters. They were married to different deities, sages and kings,  and became the progenitors of various kinds of creatures.<ref name = "VM" />

According to the ''Mahabharata ([[Harivamsa]])'', the ''[[Devi Bhagavata Purana]]'', ''[[Brahma Vaivarta Purana]]'' and the ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'', Daksha fathered 60 daughters from Asikni:<ref name = "VM" />
{{bulleted list|10 of those daughters—Maruvati, Vasu, Jami, Lamba, Bhanu, Urjja, Sankalp, Mahurath, Sadhya, Vishva—were married to [[Yama (Hinduism)#Identification with Dharmadeva|Dharmadeva]], the god of [[Dharma]]|13 daughters—[[Aditi]], [[Diti]], [[Danu (Asura)|Danu]], Arishta, [[Surasa]], [[Surabhi]], [[Vinata]], Tamra, [[Krodhavasha]], Ira, [[Kadru]], Vishva, Muni—were married to sage [[Kashyapa]]|27 daughters—[[Ashvini]], [[Bharani (star)|Bharani]], [[Krttika]], [[Rohini (goddess)|Rohini]], [[Mrigashīra|Mrigashira]], Tarakam or Ardra, [[Punarvasu]], [[Pushya]], [[Ashlesha]], Janakam or [[Magha (nakshatra)|Magha]], [[Nakshatra#List of Nakshatras|Phalguni]], [[Uttara Phalgunī|Uttarphalguni]], [[Hasta (nakshatra)|Hasta]], [[Chitra (nakshatra)|Chitra]], [[Svati]], [[Vishakha]], [[Anuradha (nakshatra)|Anuradha]], [[Jyeshtha (nakshatra)|Jyestha]], [[Mula (nakshatra)|Mula]],  [[Pūrva Ashādhā|Purvashadha]], [[Uttara Ashadha|Uttarasadha]], Srona or [[Shravana]], [[Dhanistha]] or [[Shatabhisha]], [[Abhijit (nakshatra)|Abhijit]] or Prachetas, [[Pūrva Bhādrapadā|Purvabhadrapada]], [[Uttara Bhādrapadā|Uttarabhadrapada]] and [[Revati (nakshatra)|Revati]]—were married to [[Chandra]], the god of the Moon and vegetation|4 were married to sage Arishtanemi|2 were married to sage Bahuputra|2 married sage [[Angiras]]|2 were married to Krisasva}}

The number of Daksha's daughters from Prasuti varies—24 daughters are mentioned in the ''Vishnu Purana'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=Ramendra Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYlWAAAAMAAJ&q=daksa+prasuti|title=Aesthetic Enjoyment; Its Background in Philosophy and Medicine|date=1966|publisher=University of Calcutta|language=en}}</ref><ref name = "VM" /> while the ''[[Linga Purana]]'' and ''[[Padma Purana]]'' list 60 daughters.<ref name = "Ch" /> All of Prasuti's daughters represent the virtues of mind and body.<ref name = "Ch" >{{Cite book|last=Chawla|first=Janet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbBojsB4u48C&q=Dak%E1%B9%A3a+Pras%C5%ABti&pg=RA1-PA142|title=Birth and Birthgivers: The Power Behind the Shame|date=2006|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-81-241-0938-0|language=en}}</ref> The names of these daughters and their spouse, according to the Vishnu Purana, are:
{{bulleted list|Sraddha, Lakshmi, Dhriti, Thushti, Pushti, Medha, Kriya, Buddhi, Lajja, Vapu, Shanti, Siddhi and Kirti married the god [[Yama (Hinduism)#Identification with Dharma|Dharmadeva]]
|[[Khyati]] married sage [[Bhrigu]]
|Sambhuti married sage [[Marichi]]
|Smriti married sage [[Angiras]]
|Priti married sage [[Pulastya]]
|Kshama married to sage [[Pulaha]]
|Sannati married sage [[Kratu]]
|[[Anasuya]] married sage [[Atri]]
|[[Arundhati (Hinduism)|Urjja]] married sage [[Vashishtha]]
|[[Svaha]] married [[Agni]], the god of fire
|Svadha married Kavi, a member of the class of [[Pitrs]]
|[[Sati (goddess)|Sati]] married [[Shiva]]}}
Along with these daughters, the goddess of love, [[Rati]], is also considered an offspring of Daksha. The ''[[Shiva Purana]]'' and ''[[Kalika Purana]]'' narrate that she emerged from the sweat of Daksha after he was asked by Brahma to present a wife to the love god [[Kamadeva|Kama]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mani |first1=Vettam |title=Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature |date=1975 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-0-8426-0822-0 |page=645 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAwRAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref>