Danu (Asura)

Danu
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Family	Daksha — father; Panchajani — mother
Spouse	Kashyapa
Children	Viprachitti, Hayagriva, Samvara, Namuchi, Poloman, Kapata, Kupata, Asiloman, Kesi, Durjaya, Ayassiras, Aswasiras, Aswasanku, Gaganamrdhan, Vegavat, Ketumat, Swarbhanu, Aswa, Aswapati, Vrishaparvan, Ajaka, Aswagriva, Sukshama, Tuhunda, Ekapada, Ekachakra, Virupaksha, Mahodara, Nichandra, Nikumbha, Sarabha, Sulabha, Surya, Chandramas (not the celestial sun and moon) and six others.

Short description: Hindu deity

Danu is mentioned in the Rigveda, mother of the Danavas. The word Danu described the primeval waters which this deity perhaps embodied. In the Rigveda (I.32.9), she is identified as the mother of Vritra, the demonic serpent slain by Indra.^[1] In Puranas it is mentioned that she is the daughter of the god Daksha and his spouse Panchajani, and the consort of the sage Kashyapa.^[2]

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As a word for "rain" or "liquid", dānu is compared to Avestan dānu, "river", and further to river names like Don, Danube, Dnieper, Dniestr, etc. There is also a Danu river in Nepal. The "liquid" word is mostly neutral, but appears as feminine in RV 1.54.

References

↑ Kinsley, David (1987, reprint 2005). Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN:81-208-0394-9. p. 16.
↑ The European discovery of India; key indological sources of romanticism. Ganesha Publishing. "Danu, d. of Daksha, w. of Kasyapa.”

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[1] Kinsley, David (1987, reprint 2005). Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN:81-208-0394-9. p. 16.

[2] The European discovery of India; key indological sources of romanticism. Ganesha Publishing. "Danu, d. of Daksha, w. of Kasyapa.”

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Danu (Asura)

Topic: Astronomy

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Danu
First appearance	Script error: No such module "Formatted appearance".
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Information
Family	Daksha — father Panchajani — mother
Spouse	Kashyapa
Children	Viprachitti, Hayagriva, Samvara, Namuchi, Poloman, Kapata, Kupata, Asiloman, Kesi, Durjaya, Ayassiras, Aswasiras, Aswasanku, Gaganamrdhan, Vegavat, Ketumat, Swarbhanu, Aswa, Aswapati, Vrishaparvan, Ajaka, Aswagriva, Sukshama, Tuhunda, Ekapada, Ekachakra, Virupaksha, Mahodara, Nichandra, Nikumbha, Sarabha, Sulabha, Surya, Chandramas (not the celestial sun and moon) and six others.