Editing Prasuti

{{short description|Consort of Daksha, mother of Sati}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| image = Daksha-Prajapati.jpg
| caption = Sculpture of Daksha and his wife Prasuti.
| consort = [[Daksha]]
| father = [[Svayambhuva Manu]]
| mother = [[Shatarupa]]
| children = [[List of Daksha's daughters|Daughters]] including [[Svaha]], [[Khyati]] [[Sati (Hindu goddess)|Sati]] and [[Smriti]]
| deity_of=The queen consort of [[Daksha]]}}
{{portal|Hinduism}}
'''Prasuti''' (प्रसूति, ''Prasūti'') is the consort of [[Daksha]]<ref>Hansa B. Bhatt (2004). ''A critical study of the Mahābhāgavatapurāṇam''. p. 492. "''Daksa accompanied by his wife Prasuti...''"</ref><ref>B. K. Chaturvedi i Bhojraj Dwivedi (2016). ''Linga Purana''. "''Daksha married Prasuti and they had twenty four daughters...''"</ref> and mother of many daughters by him, including the [[Devi|goddess]] [[Sati (Hindu goddess)|Sati]]. Prasuti is the daughter of [[Svayambhuva Manu]] and [[Shatarupa]].<ref>Suresh Chandra. ''Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses''. p. 252.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dalal|first=Roshen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&q=Prasuti&pg=PA274|title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide|date=2010|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341421-6|language=en}}</ref>

==Marriage and children==
According to the ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'', the ''[[Linga Purana]]'' and the ''[[Padma Purana]]'', Daksha and his wife Prasuti had many daughters (the numbers vary from 16 to 60, but most scholars consider it 24 {{mdash}} Shraddha, Bhakti, Dhriti, Thushti, Pushti, Medha, Kriya, Buddhika, [[Lajja Gauri]], Vapu, Santi, Siddhika, Kirtti, [[Khyati]], Sambhuti, Smriti, Priti, Kshama, Sannati, Urjja, [[Svaha]], Svadha, and [[Sati (goddess)|Sati]].<ref>''Vishnu Purana'', Vol-I, H.H. Willson. Book-I,Ch-#7, Page 109</ref> The ''[[Padma Purana]]'' records that Daksha felt that 24 daughters were not enough and produced more 60 maidens, though these sixty daughters are mentioned as the offsprings of [[Asikni (goddess)|Asikni]] in other texts.<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>

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