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	Daksha
		Daksha is a son of Brahma; he is one of the Prajapatis, and is sometimes regarded as their chief.
		Daksha was in a certain way, by his another Marisha, an emanation of soma, the moon; and as twenty-seven of his daughters were married to that luminary, Daksha is sometimes referred to as being both the father and the offspring of the moon, thus reiterating the duality of his nature.
		Daksha instituted a sacrifice to Vishnu, and many of the gods repaired to it, but Siva was not invited, because the gods had conspired to deprive him of sacrificial offerings.
	www.mythfolklore.net /india/encyclopedia/daksha.htm (1083 words)

	Daksha
		Daksha is best-known as the father of numerous daughters with his consort Prasuti.
		Daksha's daughter Sati was set on marrying Shiva, but her father did not approve.
		Daksha decided to hold a holy horse sacrifice to Vishnu, and invited all the other gods to attend except Shiva, who was forbidden to be a part of such a ceremony.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/d/daksha.html (357 words)

	crystallotus.com - Shiva's Consort Sati - welcome to shana’s amazing world of acupressure angkorvat atma aum banaras ...
		Daksha, the prajapati, was the master of civilization.
		As guardian of civilization, Daksha found that the subversive Shiva wandered in cremation grounds with a rowdy bunch of renegades consuming intoxicants that are forbidden in decent society.
		Daksha made the laws, defined codes of conduct, formulated the rules of society.
	www.crystallotus.com /shiva/05.htm (1001 words)

	Astrology : D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Titans; Descendants of Diti, a daughter of Daksha, and Kashyapa, a Prajapati (q.v.) and grandson of Brahma.
		Daksha married Virini when he took birth as a son of Prachetasa and Marishi; Asikni, a daughter of Panchjanya, is also said to be his wife, from whom he produced 10,000 sons.
		One of the daughters of Daksha, Sati, was married to Shiva who immolated herself at her father's yajna when due honor was not accorded to her husband, and this led to a catastrophe and Daksha's head was severed and thrown into the fire, but later replaced by that of a ram.
	www.indiangyan.com /books/therapybooks/astrology_simplified/d.shtml (6233 words)

	SMRITI - URDAY.com
		Daksha therefore has instructed that the thread ceremony of a Brahmin boy should be carried out at the age of eight, after which he comes to be identified as a Brahmin.
		Daksha has opined that by the age of sixteen, he should attain the state of Purva Grihasta (pre-householder) in which he has to strictly follow the tenets of the religious doctrines.
		Daksha considered the wife as the greatest base and foundation of Grihasth Ashram.
	www.urday.com /daksha.html (555 words)

	ARTA Theatre/Chhau - Kathak 2003
		Daksha Sheth was already a Kathak dancer of repute when she first encountered Chhau, and was overwhelmed by the power and beauty of this little known style.
		Daksha Sheth brings to Kathak not only a mastery of technique that is the fruit of a thorough and meticulous training, but a total involvement in dance, a profound confidence, and a joyful spontaneity that infused her performance with rare intensity and authority.
		From her two gurus, Daksha has imbibed the best of both the contemporary and the traditional idioms of Kathak, which she has enriched with the stamp of her own personality to create a style that is authentic yet distinctly her own.
	perso.orange.fr /arta/chhau03_2a.htm (618 words)

	Hindu Mythology - Shiva - free Suite101.com course
		Daksha, the son of Brahma, was a proud and haughty king.
		Daksha and his soldiers tried to prevent Shiva from entering but they were no match for him and his aides.
		Further Daksha was compelled to live one life as a mortal during which he played a major role in the propagation of the human race.
	www.suite101.com /lesson.cfm/18770/2122/2 (937 words)

	Dakshayani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was born as a daughter of Daksha Prajāpati, a son of Brahmā and Prasuti's.
		Daksha, depicted in legend as an arrogant king, did not get on with his renunciate son-in-law and basically cut his daughter away from her natal family.
		Daksha once organized a grand yagna to which all the Gods were invited, with the exception of Gaurī and Shiva.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dakshayani (965 words)

	Daksha Yagna - Story of Daksha's sacrifice and Sati Shakti
		This legend is associated with the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice and the origin of the Shakti Peethas of India.
		Sati, the consort of Shiva was the daughter of Daksha Prajaapati a descendant of Bhrama..
		The vain Daksha performed a great yagna (with the sole aim of insulting Shiva), to which he invited all of the gods and goddesses except his son in law Shiva.
	www.templenet.com /beliefs/daksha.htm (283 words)

	Latest festival news from Visiting Arts (Visiting Arts in Edinburgh, 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Daksha and I have been to Stockholm, which is another extraordinarily beautiful city, and at the time we thought that Stockholm was the most beautiful city we've been too, but Edinburgh gives it a run for its money.
		Daksha and her friends were the first crop of Kumudini students and they were with her, in Daksha's case, for 18 years, and formed the core of the dance troupe with which Kumudini experimented with.
		Daksha came from a business family with no cultural connections, so Kumudini was her window to the world and to dance.
	www.visitingarts.org.uk /edinburgh2002/LATDaksha.html (3150 words)

	culturebase.net \| The international artist database \| Daksha Sheth
		Daksha Sheth is a prominent dancer and choreographer in India.
		Daksha Sheth - famous as one of India's most prominent dancers - has a dance studio in New Delhi which symbolises for the modern Indian dance what Merce Cunningham is for modern dance in the Western world.
		Daksha Sheth herself is one of the most sought-after teachers in both classical techniques and new Indian dance.
	www.culturebase.net /artist.php?1184 (641 words)

	Vishnu Purana: Book I: Sacrifice of Daksha (From the Váyu Puráńa)
		Daksha the patriarch, his sacrifice being destroyed, overcome with terror, and utterly broken in spirit, fell then upon the ground, where his head was spurned by the feet of the cruel Vírabhadra
		Daksha, for instance, states that no portion of a sacrifice is ever allotted to Śiva, and no prayers are directed to be addressed to him, or to his bride.
		After the fray therefore, when Śiva restored the dead to life, and the mutilated to their limbs, Daksha's head was not forthcoming: it was therefore replaced by the head of a goat, or, according to the Kásí Khanda, that of a ram.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/vp/vp043.htm (2136 words)

	sati
		Her father Daksha had been praying to the great mother goddess for years, performing rituals in hopes that she would consent to be born into his family.
		Sati and her cousin arrived at Daksha's house where preparations were in their final stages for the grand celebration.
		Daksha explained that he could not sully his glorious celebration by inviting a dirty disheveled god like Shiva who hung out in graveyards with thieves and criminals, with the sick and the hungry, who wore skulls around his neck and had matted hair, who wore a loincloth of animal skins.
	www.hssworld.org /homepage/html/boudhik/ekatmata_stotra/sati.html (1415 words)

	Daksha's Sacrifice - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When he saw that Daksha was not going to change his mind, he left the sacrificial hall in protest.
		Daksha said, "Blinded by your partiality for that worthless husband of yours, you are unable to perceive reality.
		Daksha was dead, beheaded by one of the Ganas.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/articles/010Shiva-DakshaSacrifice.html (1143 words)

	Daksha - The Prajapati - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Daksha is another of the many Mansaputras (wish-born-sons) of Brahma, though according to some sources he is born to Brahma and Aditi.
		Daksha attempted to insult Shiva by performing a sacrifice and omitting to invite Shiva.
		At last, when Daksha started insulting her husband, she could not bear it any longer and immolated herself in the sacrificial fire.
	www.members.cox.net /apamnapat/entities/Daksha.html (289 words)

	Daksha Sheth
		Daksha has always been something of a rebel in the Indian dance world, a brilliant and highly respected young Kathak dancer who "went astray" and ventured into uncharted terrain.
		And with a fiery reputation to boot, she has ruffled many feathers through the years, but in the process she has created works that have stretched the boundaries of Indian dance.
		Here though is no dilettante dabbling in different fields; on the contrary, each step in her journey represents an investment of years of hard work.
	www.dakshasheth.com /daksha.html (200 words)

	BBC - Food - TV and radio - 2006 finalists
		Born in Kamapla, Uganda, Daksha hated cooking when she was a girl despite the best efforts of her mother, who taught her to cook the basics.
		But more recently Daksha discovered her passion for cooking and has taught herself by research and experimentation in the home kitchen.
		Daksha is an enthusiastic exponent of Gujarati cusine, and her ambitions include opening a restaurant serving international food and writing a book and/or presenting a tv show aimed at teaching the nation how to cook her favourite Gujarati food.
	www.bbc.co.uk /food/tv_and_radio/masterchef/lcfinal_index.shtml (601 words)

	Chapter 6 - Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine - By Dr. K. Jamanadas
		"...Daksha Arama or the modern Draksharama, is said to be the seat of this famous Yajna of Dakshaprajapathi, and in memory of it, even today, orthodox Brahmins do not perform any Yajna or such ceremonies, within the premises of Drakshrama.
		Dadhichi one of the Rishis scolded Daksha for his failure to invite Shiva and to perform his puja.
		Examining the story of Daksha's Yajna in the light of these facts it is quite obvious that Shiva was a Non-Vedic and a Non-Aryan God.
	www.ambedkar.org /Tirupati/Chap6.htm (1601 words)

	DAKSHA - Ancient Mythology
		One of the Rishis, Daksha was the son of Brahma, springing from the god's right thumb, but he was condemned to go through a rebirth as a result of a curse laid on him by Shiva, his son-in-law.
		This had to do with the inadvertent exclusion of the Destroyer from a sacrifice to Vishnu, for which the god retaliated to devastating effect, laying low most of the gods gathered there.
		Daksha himself was decapitated, and his head thrown in the sacrifical fire.
	www.mysticgames.com /mythology/DAKSHA.htm (122 words)

	BhagavataM: Daksha YajnaM. Sati's immolation.
		The ninth daughter Sati was given in marriage to Lord Shiva belonging to the triad of Divinities Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva.
		Daksha grew indignant at the fact that he was not paid the respect due to him by Shiva.
		There, afraid of Daksha who treated her with disrespect, nobody bestowed any attention on her except her sisters and her mother.
	www.geocities.com /profvk/VK2/SBAB5.html (1166 words)

	SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 4 - CHAPTER 3
		When Daksha was appointed the chief of all the progenitors of mankind by Brahmâ, the supreme teacher, he became very puffed up.
		One who with a burning heart is in distress is, concerning the pious reputation of those who in their minds are always looking for the original person, not able to rise directly to merely the standard of them, as much as demons can't who envy the Lord.
		Therefore your father, Daksha, and his Vis'vasrik followers present at the sacrifice are not to be met, although he gave you your body, o Satî, as he has enviously insulted me, who was innocent, with cruel words.
	srimadbhagavatam.org /canto4/chapter3.html (2391 words)

	Daksha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The daughters intervened and made his death periodic, symbolized by the waxing and waning of the moon.
		In later Hindu tales, Daksha is said to be a Prajapati or one of the Brahma's sons.
		Shiva, the all-merciful One, restored Daksha's life, with the head of a goat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daksha (621 words)

	GKT Gazette - December 2004
		Daksha was diagnosed as having bipolar affective disorder after a serious suicide attempt while a medical student.
		Daksha was to take up her first consultant post in community and rehabilitation psychiatry in February 2001.
		Daksha would be reunited with Freya three weeks later (clinically described as an extended suicide).
	www.gktgazette.com /2004/dec/obits.asp (184 words)

	KERALA KALAMANDALAM
		Daksha, the son of Brahma, and his wife, Vedavalli, adopt a child whom they discover in a conch shell.
		SCENE I. Daksha and Vedavalli: Whilst they are bathing in the sacred river, Yamuna, Daksha and Vedavalli find a large, beautiful conch shell in a lotus leaf.
		Daksha is beheaded and his head is thrown into the sacrificial fire.
	www.vvm.com /~pnair/htm/daksha.htm (600 words)

	BBC - Food - TV and radio - Update from Daksha
		Daksha Mistry, one of the finalists of MasterChef 2006, hopes to use her success to put Gujarati food firmly on the map.
		BBC Food spoke to Daksha about her life since the series ended.
		Daksha Mistry didn't quite make it to the title, but that hasn't stopped her from setting up her own catering business.
	www.bbc.co.uk /food/tv_and_radio/masterchef/daksha_index.shtml (264 words)

	SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 4 - CHAPTER 5
		Though sitting on the chest of Daksha with a sharp blade in order to sever his head, was the three eyed big one not able to succeed.
		The women of Daksha headed by Prasûti being very afraid said: 'This is indeed the danger resulting from the sin of, as her Lord and creator, having insulted his completely innocent daughter Satî in the presence of her sisters.
		He tried to cut the head of Daksha with hymns as well as weapons, but still it was hard to cut even the surface of the skin of Daksha's head.
	www.srimadbhagavatam.org /canto4/chapter5.html (2966 words)

	Daksha Mahadev Mandir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sati, Shiva's wife and Daksha's daughter, got wind of the sacrifice and went to express her outrage at the snub that had been dealt her husband, ultimately killing herself in protest.
		Grief-stricken, Shiva destroyed Daksha's sacrifice, and then wandered aimlessly wreaking havoc until Vishnu intervened and dismembered her corpse, allowing Shiva to return to the fastness of the Himalayas to meditate.
		The contemporary Daksha temple was built in 1962, but it probably stands on the site of an older temple, since the association of Hardwar with the story of Daksha is centuries old.
	courses.missouristate.edu /JLlewellyn/daksha.html (273 words)

	AEGiS-BBC: 'Why can't people with HIV marry?'
		The city of 2.4m people is the headquarters of India's diamond cutting and polishing centre and has a large population of migrant workers.
		Daksha is full of praise for the women who have come forward and registered with the bureau.
		Indian authorities draw solace from the fact that India is still behind South Africa as the country with the largest population of HIV positive people.
	www.aegis.com /news/bbc/2005/BB050524.html (968 words)

	veerabadarar (Valor Rich Lord), badrakAli
		With four shoulders, three eyed, with the matted hair wound as a crown, sword and arrow in His right hand, bow and mace in His left, with projecting teeth, with a frightening face, powerful, with a terrible roar, accompanied by bhadrakALi, (I) think of that karALa.
		She got angry and prayed the Lord to teach dakshA a lesson, left the form of dAkshAyaNi by getting into the yAga fire and appeared as the daughter of king of Himalayas (see kaLyANa su.ndarar).
		The Giver of refuge, forgave them and on their request gave dakshA also life by putting the head of a goat in place of his cut head.
	members.tripod.com /~esh/makara.html (354 words)

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