In Hindu religion, demons (asuras) are referred to as
Daityas. They were the sons of Diti and Sage Kashyapa.
Diti served Sage Kashyapa with devotion to attain a valiant
son. She was blessed with a child but Indra killed the embryo and cut into
forty nine pieces and they became Maruts (a group of Devas).
Indra was the son of Aditi, another wife of Sage Kashyapa,
and she did not like Diti’s son to be powerful and challenge Indra. So it was
on her advice that Indra killed the son of Diti.
This cruel fate did not deter Diti from giving up, she
continued serving Sage Kashyapa and she was blessed with two powerful sons,
Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu.
These two Daityas defeated Indra numerous times.
Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu are believed to be the
ancestors of Daityas.
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