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  Daityas - Shadownessence
The Daityas are an Asurakumara of opposition, of adversity, trickery and deceit.
The Dreamers Daityas pursue are often outlaws or outsiders, wily and intellectual tricksters, conmen, Dandy’s or the leaders of violent gangs.
Those who face the Daityas in all her glory must succeed in a Willpower roll (difficulty 8 on average, rising to 9 if they spend a point of Glamour) or become too overawed and terrified to take any action other than to be cowed.
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  Daityas - Sons of Diti - Indian Mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Daityas are the sons of Diti and the sage Kashyapa.
They are jealous of the good fortune of their half-brothers, the Devas, and are constantly at war with them.
Lord Vishnu is their mortal enemy, for he supports the Devas and slays the Daityas.
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 Prahlada
After the death of his father, Prahlada became king of the Daityas and dwelt in Patala; but, according to the Padma Purana, he was raised to the rank of Indra for life, and finally united with Vishnu.
To accomplish this he engaged in profound meditation, but he allowed himself to be disturbed by an alarm of the Daityas, and so was born again as one of them.
He took the part of his race in the war between them and gods, and was killed by the discus of Vishnu, after that he was again born as son of Hiranyakasipu.
www.mythfolklore.net /india/encyclopedia/prahlada.htm   (362 words)

  
 Daityas - Demons, Demonology, and Evil of the Eastern and Asian Cultures
Daityas - Demons, Demonology, and Evil of the Eastern and Asian Cultures
In Hindu mythology, the Daityas are giant evil spirits who are known for their opposition to sacrifice to the gods.
During the first age of the cosmos, the Krita Yuga, the Daityas, led by the dragon-serpent Vritra were so powerful that they took up arms against the gods and defeated them.
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 Astrology : D   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Daityas were a race of demons and giants who lived in Sutala, which according to the legends, is one of the 14 lokas (q.v.).
Very often, the daityas were at war against the gods and interfered with their religious ceremonies; they were often victorious and the gods had to invoke divine dispensation to wrest back power.
According to Blavatsky, the daityas are demons in an adverse sense; in truth, they are identical with certain asuras (q.v.) the intellectual gods and opponents of meaningless rituals.
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 Sanskrit: daitya
daitya-rāṭ — the chief of the Daityas (demons); SB 3.17.23
daitya-rāṭ — the Emperor of the Daityas, Mahārāja Bali; SB 8.6.28
daitya — of the demoniac descendants of Diti; MM 32
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 Daityas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The latter are the giant-demons in the Puranas, and in the esoteric interpretations, the antetypal symbol of the man of flesh, physical mankind.
In another sense, because of this developing intellectuality, the daityas, somewhat like the Greek titans or giants, were the opponents of the gods of mere ritualistic or scholastic theory, and hence the enemies of puja (ritualistic sacrifices).
The titans and demon-magicians of the fourth root-race, almost identical with the daityas or giants and irreconcilable opponents of those groups of the fourth root-race who were the upholders of ritualism and idol-worship.
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 DEVAYANI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Devayani was companion to Sarmishtha, daughter of the king of the Daityas.
When they were dressed, they began to quarrel about the change, and Devayani spoke “with a scowl so bitter that Sarmishtha slapped her face, and pushed her into a dry well.” She was rescued by King Yayati, who took her home to her father.
Those who refused were cursed by their father, that their posterity should never possess dominion; but Puru, who bore his father’s curse for a thousand years, succeeded his father as monarch, and was the ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
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In the past the Daityas were rarely found outside of India, but that is changing rapidly with the comming of the final Winter.
For the Daityas age lessens the effects of their disfigurement, but their cast is equally important to their appearance.
All Daityas bare the marks of Shiva's wrath on their flesh and their mortal mien's are forever doomed to an appearance of one for those of the Iron city, Two for those of the Silver city and Three for those of the Gold city.
www.khaoshq.fsnet.co.uk /Changeling/asuras(1).html   (5097 words)

  
 Daitya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Hinduism, the Daityas were the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa.
They were a race of giants who fought against the gods because they were jealous of their Deva half-brothers.
Some known Daityas include Bali, Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daityas   (80 words)

  
 Daitya, Daityas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Daitya, Daityas
Cosmically, daityas are titans, often called asuras, whose role is that of urgers of evolutionary progress for all things, as contrasted with the incomparably slower, but unceasing, evolutionary inertia of the vast cosmic powers.
According to the Hindu Puranas, these daityas are demons and enemies of the ceremonial sacrifice and ritualistic ceremonies; but according to the secret meaning hid under these stories, some of the daityas were the forwards-looking and impulse-providing intellectual entities striving against the inertia or deadweight of human nature.
Daitya is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
www.experiencefestival.com /a/Daitya_Daityas/id/102722   (846 words)

  
 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 - Text 30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Among the Daitya demons I am the devoted Prahlada; among subduers I am time; among beasts I am the lion, and among birds I am Garuda, the feathered carrier of Visnu.
All the Adityas are devotees of the Lord, and all the Daityas are atheistic.
Although Prahlada was born in the family of the Daityas, he was a great devotee from his childhood.
www.sundararaman.com /bg/bg_chapter_10/chap10_30.html   (165 words)

  
 DURGA
The Daityas stole Ambrosia held by Divine Physician Danvantri for safekeeping; Lord Vishnu, in the form of a ravishing celestial woman, Mohini, fooled the Daityas and extricated the Nectar of Immorality and gave it to the gods for imbibing.
The Daityas felt the tumult of the seas and the earth and the din of celebration.
She did not move and Dhumralocana charged towards her in anger to capture her, only to be reduced to ashes by uttering the sound 'hum.' Upon seeing the death by word, the army sent a shower of arrows, javelins, and axes to Devi.
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 Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter 10 Verse 30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Among the Daitya demons I am the devoted Prahlāda, among subduers I am time, among beasts I am the lion, and among birds I am Garuḍa.
All the Ādityas are devotees of the Lord, and all the Daityas are atheistic.
Although Prahlāda was born in the family of the Daityas, he was a great devotee from his childhood.
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 The Churning of the Ocean
Then the daityas or asuras put forth their strength against the enfeebled gods, so that they fled to Brahma for protection; he then advised them to seek aid from Vishnu, the tamer of demons, the undying God, creator, preserver and destroyer.
Hari himself in tortoise shape became a pivot of the mountain as it was whirled around; he was present also unseen amongst the gods and demons, pulling the serpent to and fro; in another vast body he sat upon the summit of the mountain.
Then rose the moon, whom Mahadeva seized and set upon his brow; and then came a draught of deadly poison, and that also Mahadeva took and drank, least it should destroy the world; it is that bitter poison that turned his throat blue,wherefore he is known as Nilakantha, blue throated, ever after.
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Daityas The Daityas were a race of giants and demons, descendants of Diiti by Kasyapa, who were gods involved with the creation of the world, according to Hindu mythology.
A mighty battle ensued, the gods finally slayed Vritra, and the terrorized Daityas were chased down into the depths of the ocean where Varuna, king of the sea, was given the task of keeping a watchful eye on them.
The Daityas were renowned for their refusal to offer sacrifices to the gods, and for their habit of interfering with everybody who did so.
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 Samudra Manthan
It is interesting to note that, it is mentioned in the Bhaagvad that both, Good and Evil or Devas and Daityas are born of the same father.
The rope that was used for the churning is symbolic of the string of cooperation.
One end of the rope was manipulated by the Devas and the other end by the Daityas.
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 Finding Love In All The Wrong Dimensions by Ellidyay ~Part 1~   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The Daityas were born the children of the gods, demons in the eyes of the humans who would join the realms of existence eons later.
So Lionelos kidnapped one of the daughters of the god Indra, the leader of the fight against the Daityas, and bound her to him for the rest of their existence.
And with Liliatu, the daughter of their sworn enemy, as his protection, Lionelos moved his people to a new dimension to start over, and rebuild their diminished population with Liliatu as his wife and their son Alexiador, whose very existence sealed the protection of their people.
www.mystifyingdreams.com /Smallville/Ellidyay/FindingLoveInAllTheWrongDimensions/Part1.htm   (1779 words)

  
 The Churning of the Ocean
Then the daityas or asuras ("demons") put forth their strength against the enfeebled gods, so that they fled to Brahma for protection; he then advised them to seek aid from Vishnu, the tamer of demons, the undying God, creator, preserver and destroyer.
For this you need the daityas' ("demons'") aid: make alliance with them, therefore, and engage to share with them the fruit of your combined labour; promise them that by drinking the ambrosia they shall become immortal.
Hari (Vishnu) himself in tortoise shape became a pivot of the mountain as it was whirled around; he was present also unseen amongst the gods and demons, pulling the serpent to and fro; in another vast body he sat upon the summit of the mountain.
www.bsu.edu /classes/magrath/HINDUCREATION/churning.html   (807 words)

  
 manasollAsa
On account of her mAya, the great god viShNu lay in slumber when the plane was submerged in the waters at the end of the kalpa.
As the whole plane lay submerged in the waters, the daityas asked the boon that viShNu could only kill them in the spot where there was no water.
He immediately raised the daityas to his thighs and beheaded them with the chakra.
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 The Devi Bhagavatam: The Fourth Book: Chapter 11
On the Daitya’s leaving their weapons, the Gods desisted from battle, went to their respective places and freely gave themselves up to pleasure and amusements.
The Daityas, seeing this all on a sudden, were attacked with fear and began to address the Devas, proud with their army, in words, full of good meanings and morals.
Seeing the Daityas thus attacked, the mother was furiously irritated and told them she would make all of them overpowered by sleep by her tapas strength, clarified intellectual force.
www.sacred-texts.com /hin/db/bk04ch11.htm   (1475 words)

  
 Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary, Da-Der; Theosophical U Press
Daiteyi (Sanskrit) Proceeding from or belonging to the daiteyas or daityas.
Daitya (Sanskrit) A large Atlantean island-continent; Blavatsky allows "about 850,000 years since the submersion of the last large island (part of the Continent), the Ruta of the Fourth Race, or the Atlanteans; while Daitya, a small island inhabited by a mixed race, was destroyed about 270,000 years ago, during the glacial period or thereabouts.
Daitya (Avestan) In the Vendidad, the river in Airyana-Vaeja, the original homeland of the Aryans, the first land created by Ahura Mazda and the center of the earth.
www.theosociety.org /pasadena/etgloss/daa-der.htm   (9000 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Epic Sword
The earth became miry with flesh and blood of Daityas and looked like a fair-complexioned maid intoxicated with alcohol and attired in crimson robes in a full abandon.
Having extirpated the entire community of Daityas and after re-storing the dharma, Deva Rudra cast off his awful form and assumed the usual benign shape Shiva.
Rudra gave the sword, dyed with the blood of the Daityas, to Deva Vishnu.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Epic-Sword   (2215 words)

  
 Final Fantasy or Final Death? : Daityas just looked ahead as Anz spoke.
He was glad she decided to take him arm.
Daityas had never met or seen his sister, but the auburn haired overlord did talk about her a lot.
Holding in a sigh, the handsome man turned to Anz with a grin still on his face.
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 [ELFWOOD] SF&F Art / Stanton F. Fink / 'Daitya Kukurobaran'
Daiyta Kukurobaran, 'The Grinder of Bones,' was the protector of the Daityas.
Daitya Kukurobaran not only refused to obey, but, he also threatened to slay Natesa for meddling in the Daityas' affairs.
Natesa then promptly impaled Daitya Kukurobaran on his trident, and exposed him to the light of his third eye, disintegrating The Grinder of Bones.
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 Krishna Voice - Oct 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Daityas do not know anything; they are just like animals, simply after sense gratification.
That is the difference between the daityas and the devatas.
Because Prahlada Maharaja was to deliver the daityas, by the will of the Supreme Lord he circumstantially took his birth in a daitya family.
www.iskconbangalore.org /contents/krishnavoice/2004/10/story01.html   (733 words)

  
 SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 8 - CHAPTER 10
S'rî S'uka said: 'The dânavas and daityas thus with their combined efforts failed to achieve the nectar, o Ruler, as they had another idea of liberation relating to Vâsudeva.
The daitya created a huge terrifying conflagration resembling Sâmvartaka [the fire at the end of time] that was carried by the blasting wind to burn the warriors of wisdom.
S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said: O King, the demons and Daityas all engaged with full attention and effort in churning the ocean, but because they were not devotees of Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, they were not able to drink the nectar.
www.srimadbhagavatam.org /canto8/chapter10.html   (4484 words)

  
 The Ganas: Hooligans of Heaven
When Shukra was seized, the daityas were frightened and were scattered from the battlefield.
In a related myth, Andhaka, king of the Daityas, is defeated by Shiva and made into a leader of his ganas.
Shiva was later approached by the daitya Hiranyasksha, who performed many penances in order that Shiva grant him the boon of a son.
www.philhine.org.uk /writings/tt_gannas.html   (1826 words)

  
 MSN India :: Exclusive
The Devas (gods) and their cousins the Daityas (demons) were at war.
The Daityas were winning the war because their preceptor, the venerable Shukracharya, knew the Sanjeevani mantra that could revive the dead.
The Daityas, a third time, killed Kacha by tying him to a tree and burning him.
www.cs.kent.edu /~jchitali/history/Mahabharat/recieving_sanjeevni_from_shukracharya.htm   (509 words)

  
 The Devi Bhagavatam: The Fourth Book: Chapter 14
The Daityas, on hearing his words were struck with wonder at the resemblance of the two personages and came to the conclusion that “the person just come is the real S’ukrâchârya.”
Thus the Daityas, hearing the words of the false S’ukrâchârya, thought the false one to be real and placed implicit reliance in his words.
The Daityas thus convinced said to the real S’ukrâchârya, “this man before us is our Guru for our welfare and enlightenment, he is the foremost religious S’ukrâchârya; for ten years continuously he is giving us advices.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Unlike the asuras they do not share the cultural values of the devas and they have made a specialization of wrecking sacrifices that are being made to the gods.
Human heroes regularly take on the danavas and daityas and rout them, though that is very rare in the case of the asuras.
The Daityas are giant evil spirits who are known for their opposition to sacrifice to the gods.
www.ensembleconsultants.com /newhome/Chapter1Races&Peoples.doc   (9875 words)

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