THE LIVING ARCHIVE
About Daksha
In an earlier birth, Daksha is Brahma’s son and the husband of Prasuti. Their sixteen daughters marry figures including Dharma, Agni, the ancestors and Shiva. Sati belongs to this household. These marriages explain why Daksha has connections with several different divine and ancestral communities.
A later account describes his birth through Marisha and the Prachetas, a group of royal ascetics. His marriage to Panchajani, also called Asikni, belongs to this renewed life as a progenitor. The two births must be distinguished to understand why accounts give him different parents, wives and groups of children.
More About Daksha
Daksha is a progenitor associated with Sati and the sacrifice disrupted in the Shaiva narrative. He is distinct from Daksha-Savarni Manu.
AT A GLANCE
Identity & Context
- Identity
- Prajapati
- Tradition
- Hindu religious traditions
Family & Relationships
- ChildSati
THE STORY
Life & Stories
ROLE & ESSENCE
Attributes & Significance
Daksha’s place in mythology is important in two ways. His descendants connect many family histories, while his conflicts ask how someone with a necessary role in creation can still misuse religious and parental authority. His repentance keeps him from being only a figure of uncorrected pride.
Identity & Religious Role
Daksha is a progenitor associated with Sati and the sacrifice disrupted in the Shaiva narrative. He is distinct from Daksha-Savarni Manu.
Narrative / Sacred Associations
Family & Identity Notes
Follow the linked figures in the identified source; regional expansions are not merged into a universal genealogy.
Tradition Notes
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
Archive Classification Notes
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- Tradition Dependence
- High — compare the identified textual or regional account.
- Editorial Status
- Ranked character reference profile in the 720-character editorial roster.
TRADITION & MEANING
Traditions & Interpretations
Daksha’s family arrangements differ across texts and successive births. A wife or daughter in one account does not automatically belong to every period of his life.
Both major conflicts begin when another person does not follow the path Daksha expects. Shiva does not offer the honour he demands, and his sons do not become progenitors. The stories make the limits of his authority part of the meaning of his otherwise powerful position.
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FOLLOW THE THREADS
Connected Cards
14 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Stories & Events1
Daksha’s rite becomes the centre of the crisis.
Characters & Cosmic Entities13
Sati is Daksha and Prasuti’s daughter.
His sacrifice is destroyed during the conflict involving Shiva’s attendants.
This early Daksha marries Prasuti.
Daksha’s sacrifice is destroyed.
Daksha’s sacrificial gathering is the target of the expedition.
Curses Chandra after the neglect of his daughters.
Daksha is born through Marisha and the Prachetas.
Daksha is Brahma’s son in the Prasuti household.
Daksha curses Narada over his sons’ renunciation.
Daksha names and gives Rati in marriage.
Rohini is one of Daksha’s twenty-seven lunar daughters.