Diti

Diti

Diti is a name used for more than one being and river in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Diti: the daughter of Daksha Prajāpati and wife of Kaśyapa, mother of the daityas and, through the Puṃsavana vrata, of the forty-nine Maruts. Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Matsya Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa

Places

• Diti-saṅgama: the confluence of the stream Diti with the Gautamī, where one bathes and worships Siddheśvara for the gift of sons. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 54