Irā (Wife of Kaśyapa)
Irā
Irā is one of the sixty daughters of Daksha Prajāpati and one of the thirteen of them whom Daksha gave in marriage to Kaśyapa Prajāpati. From her were born the trees, the creepers and the many kinds of grass, the green life of the world.
Her place in creation
Lomaharshaṇa the Sūta tells the munis of Naimishāraṇya the offspring of Daksha‘s daughters. After his sons were lost, Daksha begot sixty daughters in Vairiṇī and gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Arishṭanemi, two to Bahuputra, two to Aṅgiras and two to the learned Kṛśāśva.
The wives of Kaśyapa Prajāpati are Aditi, Diti, Danu, Arishṭā, Surasā, Khanā, Surabhi, Vinatā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā, Kadru and Muni, and they belong to the former manvantara. Of their offspring the Purāṇa says: Surabhi bore cows and buffaloes; Irā bore trees, creepers and the kinds of grass; Khanā bore yakshas and rākshasas; Muni bore the apsarās; Arishṭā bore the siddhas and gandharvas. All this offspring, moving and unmoving, belongs to Kaśyapa, and their grandsons and great-grandsons were born in thousands.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3