Daitya
The daityas are a race of asuras in Hindu mythology, descended from Kashyapa and his wife, Diti. Prominent members of this race include Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashipu, and Mahabali, all of whom overran the earth, and required three of Vishnu's avataras to be vanquished.
Literature
The Manusmṛiti classifies the daityas as good, while placing them at a lower level than the devas:The origin and noteworthy members of this race are specified in the Harivamsha Purana:
List of daityas
Some of the notable daityas mentioned in Hindu mythology include:- Hiranyaksha – Second son of Kashyapa and Diti
- Hiranyakashipu – First son of Kashyapa and Diti
- Holikā – First daughter of Kashyapa and Diti
- Andhakāsura – Son of Hiraṇyākṣa
- Prahlāda – Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
- Virocana – Son of Prahlāda, father of Mahābalī
- Devamba – Mother of Mahābalī
- Mahābalī – Son of Virocana
- Bāṇāsura – Son of Mahābalī
- Uṣā – Daughter of Bāṇāsura
- Rāhu and Ketu – Head and Body of Svarbhānu, sons of Holikā
- Vajrāṅga – Son of Kashyapa and Diti
- Tārakāsura – Son of Vajrāṅga
- Tripurasura – Son of Tārakāsura
- Shambasura
- Kalanemi – Son of Virocana