Vīriṇī (Dakṣa’s wife)
Hindu · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The Shiva Purana names Sati’s mother Vīriṇī and also calls her Asiknī in the same birth narrative.
Children in alternative accounts
- Aditi: Padma Purāṇa 1.6: Dakṣa and VīriṇīPadma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.12–16 and 28–34, Deshpande translation (primary)
- Danu: Padma Purāṇa 1.6: Dakṣa and VīriṇīPadma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.12–16 and 28–34, Deshpande translation (primary)
- Diti: Padma Purāṇa 1.6: Dakṣa and VīriṇīPadma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.12–16 and 28–34, Deshpande translation (primary)
- Sati: Shiva Purana 2.2.14.12–16, 27, 42–54, birth of SatiShiva Purana 2.2.14.12–16, 27, 42–54, birth of Sati (primary)
Relations
- parent of: SatiThe Shiva Purana birth account; not a universal genealogy.Shiva Purana 2.2.14.12–16, 27, 42–54, birth of Sati (primary)
Sources
- The Shiva Purana names Sati’s mother Vīriṇī and also calls her Asiknī in the same birth narrative.: Shiva Purana 2.2.14.12–16, 27, 42–54, birth of Sati (primary)