[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) › c5.763 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.763 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.763 - **Language:** English ### [c5.763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.763) KĀLAKĀ. A wife of Kasyapa. According to the Rāmāyana and Mahā-bhārata she was a daughter of Daksha, but the \*Vishnu Purāna\* states that she and her sister Pulomā were daughters of the Dānava Vaiswanara, “who were both married to Kasyapa, and bore him 60,000 distinguished Dānavas, called Paulomas and Kālakanjas, who were powerful, ferocious, and cruel.” The Mahā-bhārata states that she obtained from the deity, in reward for her severe devotion and penance, the privilege of bringing forth children without pain. The giants or Dānavas were called after her Kālakeyas. - [Previous: c5.762](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.762) - [Next: c5.764](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.764) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (3) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.763) · Pramāṇa