Daitya
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Daitya-lords · Daityas
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Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Many thousands of Indras and myriads of Daitya-lords Have been destroyed by time;
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San Hyan Tattvajnana
A class of beings associated with defiant, honor-bound anger, patron of farmers' blades, positioned in the rebirth hierarchy.
" The *Daitya* is the *yoni* of that *rajas*.
Kriyāśakti means He creates the entire world, and moreover all the hosts of deities.
Now, remember again the form of the Divine *Ātmā*'s descent, a coarse and doubtful entity.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
A class of powerful demon-lords (asuras) invoked as examples of beings destroyed by the passage of time
Many thousands of Indras and myriads of Daitya-lords Have been destroyed by time;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The Daityas, descendants of Diti, once rulers of the three worlds until defeated by Viṣṇu; cited as precedent by Prahasta.
Diti, however, bore the Daityas born of Kaśyapa.
"But having slain them in battle, Viṣṇu the supremely powerful brought this imperishable triple world under the dominion of the gods.
"Of the Daityas, O knower of dharma, it is said this city, this earth with its ocean-shores and its mountains — all belonged to them, O hero;