Aditi

Primordial goddess of boundless infinity, mother of the Adityas

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Daksha

  deity by descent in this account.

  • father: DakshaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
  Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
• Ṛgveda 10.72.4–5: reciprocal origin

  deity by descent in this account.

  • parent: DakshaṚgveda 10.72.4–5, Griffith translation (primary)
  Ṛgveda 10.72.4–5, Griffith translation (primary)
• Padma Purāṇa 1.6: Dakṣa and Vīriṇī

  deity by descent in this account.

  • father: DakshaPadma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.12–16 and 28–34, Deshpande translation (primary)
  • mother: Vīriṇī (Dakṣa’s wife)Padma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.12–16 and 28–34, Deshpande translation (primary)
  Padma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.12–16 and 28–34, Deshpande translation (primary)

Children

• Amsha
• Aryaman
• Bhaga
• Mitra
• Varuna

Children in alternative accounts

• Daksha: Rigveda 10.72.4–5, Griffith translationRigveda 10.72.4–5, Griffith translation (primary)
• Dhuti: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Aditi and KaśyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
• Indra: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Aditi and KaśyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
• Savitri, the Āditya: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Aditi and KaśyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)

Variant accounts

• parentageṚgveda 10.72 presents Daksha as born of Aditi and Aditi as Daksha’s daughter. This reciprocal cosmogony is distinct from the later Purāṇic genealogy.Ṛgveda 10.72.4–5, Griffith translation (primary)

Domains

• boundlessness
• motherhood

Powers

• Bring forth the Aditya gods including Varuna and Surya

Epithets

• देवमातृ devanagari · Devamātṛ'Mother of the gods (the Ādityas)'Ṛgveda 10.72; Purāṇic genealogy (primary)
• अदिति devanagari · Aditi'The Boundless / Unbound One' — infinite cosmic motherṚgveda 1.89.10, 1.113 (primary)

Relations

• spouse: KashyapaDaughter of Daksha, wife of Kashyapa, mother of the Adityas.Vishnu Purana 1.15 (Daksha gives his daughters, including Aditi, to Kashyapa) (primary)
• ancestor of: SūryaSurya is one of the Adityas, sons of Aditi; expressed as ancestor-of to preserve Surya's deity tier.Rigveda 10.72.8-9 (the Adityas, sons of Aditi); Vishnu Purana 1.15 (primary)
• sibling: VinataReciprocal of hindu_vinata.sibling — Both daughters of Daksha and co-wives of Kashyapa in Puranic-epic genealogy.Mahabharata, Adi Parva 65 (the daughters of Daksha, including Aditi and Vinata) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Rigveda 1.89; 10.72 (primary)