Talk:Diti
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By Swami Harshananda
Diti literally means ‘the limited’.
Vedas and mythological literature have always portrayed eternal conflicts between the devas and the dānavas (or daityas). Diti and Aditi were two of the daughters of Dakṣa Prajāpati (lord of beings) who were married to the sage Kaśyapa. Daityas are the sons of Diti and āditeyas or ādityas or devas are the sons of Aditi.
Once Diti requested her husband Kaśyapa to bless her with a son who could vanquish Indra. However, Indra knew about it and managed to break the foetus into 49 parts. They were born as the Māruts.[1]
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- ↑ Māruts are a group of minor gods.
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore