[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.751 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.751 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.751 - **Language:** English ### [c5.751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.751) KADRŪ. A daughter of Daksha, and one of the thirteen that were married to Kasyapa. She was mother of “a thousand powerful many-headed serpents, the chief amongst whom were Sesha, Vāsuki, . . . and many other fierce and venomous serpents.” The Vishnu Purāna, from which this is taken, names twelve, the Vāyu Purāna forty. Her offspring bear the metronymic Kādraveya. - [Previous: c5.750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.750) - [Next: c5.752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.752) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.751) · Pramāṇa