The daityas (Sanskrit: दैत्य) are a race of asuras in Hindu mythology, descended from Kashyapa and his wife, Diti. Prominent members of this race include...

Ruta and Daitya is jazz album by pianist Keith Jarrett and drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in May 1971 and released on ECM in 1973—one of Jarrett's rare...

Mahabali (IAST: Mahābalī), also known as Bali, Indrasenan, or Māveli, is a daitya king featured in Hinduism. He is the grandson of Prahlada, and a descendant...

Daitya Sudan Temple is a temple near Lonar Lake in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Henry Cousens dates the temple to the end of the 13th and beginning...

Ahura Mazda offer up a sacrifice in the Airyanem Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and meat, with the Baresman, with the wisdom of the tongue...

weapon cutting down masses of daitya warriors. Observing Taraka, Krishna spoke to Kartikeya: O Kumara, see the Lord of Daityas, who is like Kala (God of Death)...

the son of Ghatotkacha (Son of Bhima) and Princess Maurvi, daughter of Daitya Moora, though other references state that he was a warrior from the south...

हिरण्यकशिपु, IAST: Hiraṇyakaśipu), also known as Hiranyakashyap, was a daitya king of the asuras in the Puranas. In Hindu mythology, Hiranyakashipu's...

princess in Hindu mythology. She is described to be the daughter of the daitya king Vrishaparvan. She becomes the second wife of Yayati, due to which she...

when blown. According to the Mahabharata, Vishnu is stated to have slain a daitya (a member of a clan of asuras) named Panchajana on a mountain named Chakravan...