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Krodhavasha (Sanskrit: क्रोधवशा, IAST: Krodhavaśā) is a wife of the sage Kashyapa [1] in Hindu mythology. She is described to be the mother of Surabhi, [2] and the daughter of Daksha in the Ramayana. [1] She is the mother of a class of asuras known as the Krodhavashas.
Kashyapa (Sanskrit: कश्यप, IAST: Kaśyapa) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. [1] He is one of the Saptarishis , the seven ancient sages of the Rigveda . Kashyapa is the most ancient and venerated rishi , along with the other Saptarishis, listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad .
Diti is usually depicted as being cruel to both her husband Kashyapa, and her sister Aditi. She is obsessed with trying to bring the asuras into power. She is a bitter enemy of Aditi's sons, the devas, and she is instrumental in the asuras gaining control and autonomy over them.
Muni (Sanskrit: मुनि, romanized: Muni) is one of the wives of Kashyapa. She is one of the sixty daughters of Daksha and his wife Asikni. She is the mother of the races of the apsaras and the gandharvas. [1]
Kashyapa invited the sages to participate in the fourth-to-sixth month hair-parting ceremony of his pregnant wives. After the sages were fed, when Kashyapa respectfully stood before them with his wife to thank them, Kadru looked at the sages and gave them a sly look with one of her eyes. The sages were annoyed and cursed Kadru to lose that eye.
Though Kashyapa was the eldest son of the king, he was not the heir to the throne. Moggallana was the son of the royal consort and the rightful heir to the throne (But king Dhatusena named Kassapa as next king), while Kassapa was born to a non-royal wife. However, Kashyapa sought to acquire the throne by usurping Moggallana.
Kadru is her elder sister, and when they both lived with Kashyapa as his wives, and attended to all his comforts, he blessed them by granting each of them a boon. [2] Kadru asked for a thousand naga sons who should be valiant. Prompted by her sister's demand for sons, Vinata asked for only two sons, who should be more powerful and brighter than ...
Consenting, Kashyapa granted his wife Vajranga, possessing adamantine limbs, who performed her bidding by capturing Indra and the devas and punishing them. When Aditi protested, Brahma urged Vajranga to release his captives, who acquiesced, stating that he had only done what his mother had instructed.