Prasuti

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox deity Template:Portal Prasuti (प्रसूति, Prasūti) is the consort of Daksha<ref>Hansa B. Bhatt (2004). A critical study of the Mahābhāgavatapurāṇam. p. 492. "Daksa accompanied by his wife Prasuti..."</ref><ref>B. K. Chaturvedi i Bhojraj Dwivedi (2016). Linga Purana. "Daksha married Prasuti and they had twenty four daughters..."</ref> and mother of many daughters by him, including the goddess Sati. Prasuti is the daughter of Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa.<ref>Suresh Chandra. Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. p. 252.</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Marriage and children

According to the Vishnu Purana, the Linga Purana and the Padma Purana, Daksha and his wife Prasuti had many daughters (the numbers vary from 16 to 60, but most scholars consider it 24 Template:Mdash Shraddha, Bhakti, Dhriti, Thushti, Pushti, Medha, Kriya, Buddhika, Lajja Gauri, Vapu, Santi, Siddhika, Kirtti, Khyati, Sambhuti, Smriti, Priti, Kshama, Sannati, Urjja, Svaha, Svadha, and Sati.<ref>Vishnu Purana, Vol-I, H.H. Willson. Book-I,Ch-#7, Page 109</ref> The Padma Purana records that Daksha felt that 24 daughters were not enough and produced more 60 maidens, though these sixty daughters are mentioned as the offsprings of Asikni in other texts.<ref name=Wilkins>Template:Cite book</ref>

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