Aditi’s Family Tree

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Family

• Daksha(parent),Prasuti(parent),Diti(sibling),Kadru(sibling),Rati(sibling),Sati(sibling),Vinata(sibling)— Marriage

  Daksha and Prasuti begot numerous daughters whose marriages shaped the cosmos — Aditi bore the Adityas, Diti the Daityas, Kadru the Nagas, Vinata the eagles, and Rati became goddess of desire, while Sati's union with Shiva would end in self-immolation at her father's ill-fated yajna.

• Kashyapa(spouse),Indra(child),Surya(child),Varuna(child)— Marriage

  Aditi and the sage Kashyapa begot the twelve Adityas — Indra, Surya, Varuna, and their brothers — the sovereign gods of Vedic heaven who uphold cosmic order, with Indra celebrated in the Rig Veda as seizing the soma immediately upon birth.

  ⚠ Rig Veda 4.17.4 may reference Dyaus Pita as Indra's father; the Puranic tradition names Kashyapa instead.

• Kashyapa(spouse),Vamana(child)— Marriage · Miraculous

  When the Asuras drove the Devas from heaven, Aditi performed severe penance and prayed to Vishnu, who agreed to be born as her son Vamana through Kashyapa, entering the world as a dwarf brahmin to reclaim the three worlds from the demon king Bali.