Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1006

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5) Sons of Aṣṭavasus. The sons of Apa, the first of the Vasus, are : Vaitanḍha, Śrama, Śānta and Dhvanī. Kāla, the destroyer of all, is the son of Dhruva. Varcas is the son of Soma. Dharma got of his wife Manoharī five sons Draviṇa, Hutahavyavāha, Śiśira, Prāṇa and Varuṇa. Śivā was Anila's wife and she got two sons, Manojava and Avijñātagati. Agni's son Kumāra was born at Śarastamba. Kumāra got three brothers, Śākha, Viśākha and Naigameya. Kumāra is known as Kārttikeya because he was born of Kṛttikas. The sage, Devala is the son of Pratyūṣa. Devala got two sons of great intelligence and forbearance. Varastrī, sister of Bṛhaspati and a woman of great yogic powers and world-wide travels became the wife of Prabhāsa. She gave birth to the famous Viśvakarmaprajāpati. He was the inventor of a great many handicrafts and ornaments He became the consulting architect of the devas and ranked first in that art. The aeroplanes of the devas were designed by him. Men on earth depend on his art even now. That architect had four sons : Ajaikapāt, Ahirbudhnya, Tvaṣṭā and Rudra, the bold. The great ascetics, Viśvarūpa, Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Aparājita, Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardi, Raivata, Mṛgavyādha, Śarva and Kapāli were the sons of Tvaṣṭā. These are known as the twelve Rudras. Purāṇas say that there are a hundred Rudras like this. (Chapter 15, Aṃśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).