Yāmi (daughter of Daksha)

Yāmi

Yāmi is one of the sixty daughters of Daksha Prajāpati and one of the ten whom he gave in marriage to Dharma. Her daughter is Nāgavīthī.

Her line

Lomaharshaṇa the Sūta tells the munis that Daksha begot sixty daughters in Vairiṇī and gave ten of them to Dharma: Arundhatī, Vasu, Yāmi, Lambā, Bhānu, Marutvatī, Saṅkalpā, Muhūrtā, Sādhyā and Viśvā. Their offspring were the Viśvedevas, sons of Viśvā; the Sādhyas, sons of Sādhyā; the Marutvantas, sons of Marutvatī; the Vasus, sons of Vasu; the Bhānus, children of Bhānu; the Muhūrtas, sons of Muhūrtā; and Ghosha, son of Lambā. Yāmi’s daughter is Nāgavīthī, and in Nāgavīthī, born of Yāmi, Vṛshala was born.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3