Krodhavaśā

Krodhavaśā · krodha-vaśā, “she who is under the sway of anger”

Krodhavaśā is one of the daughters of Daksha, son of the Pracetases, and one of the thirteen wives of Kaśyapa Prajāpati.

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis that after the loss of his sons, Daksha begot sixty daughters in Vairiṇī, the daughter of Vīraṇa, and gave thirteen of them to Kaśyapa. The wives of Kaśyapa, who belong to the former manvantara, were Aditi, Diti, Danu, Arishṭā, Surasā, Khanā, Surabhi, Vinatā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā, Kadru and Muni. Krodhavaśā is named tenth, after Tāmrā and before Irā. From these wives, the Purāṇa says, came the devas, the daityas and dānavas, and the many kinds of moving and unmoving beings, whose grandsons and great-grandsons were born in thousands.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3