Asiknī
Asiknī
Asiknī is a name used for more than one woman in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Asiknī: the wife of Daksha Prajāpati, daughter of the Prajāpati Pañcajana (Vīraṇa in the Brahma Purāṇa), mother of the Haryaśvas, the Śabalāśvas and sixty daughters. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 6, Chapters 4–6; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3
- Asiknī (Wife of Devamīḍha): the wife of the Yādava Devamīḍha and the mother of Śūra, grandmother of Vasudeva. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14