danu

danu

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The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

Danu

danu AS

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The mother of demons (dānava). According to the brahmanical tradition, she is one of the daughters of the creator god Dakṣa Prajāpati, who gave her and twelve of her sisters in marriage to the sage Kaśyapa.

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