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داکشا
Sign in to saveDaksha ( ,) is a Hindu god whose role underwent a significant transformation from Vedic to Itihasa-Puranic mythology. In the Rigveda, Daksha is an aditya and is associated with priestly skills.
Key facts
- Deity.god_of
- God of ritual skill
- Deity.image
- File:Daksha two depictions.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Two depiction of Daksha in Puranic tradition One with ordinary human features (left) and another with a goat face (right)
- Deity.consort
- Itihasa-Puranic: Prasuti and Asikni
- Deity.parents
- Vedic: Aditi ---- Itihasa-Puranic: Brahma
- Deity.type
- hindu
- Deity.affiliation
- Vedic: Adityas ---- Itihasa-Puranic: Prajapati, Manasaputra
- Deity.texts
- Rigveda, Brahmanas, Taittiriya Samhita, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Purana
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Asiknī
- Father
- God Brahma
- Sibling
- Narada
- Image
- Daksha two depictions.jpg
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- Commons category
- Daksha
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- दक्ष
- worshipped by
- Hindu mythology
- present in work
- Ramayana
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