Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.762

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2) Origin. Kaśyapa, the son of Brahmā, married the eight daughters of Dakṣa, Tāmrā being one of them. Tāmrā bore five daughters Krauñcī, Bhāsī, Śyenī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī and Śukī. Śyenī gave birth to the kite, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī, the Haṃsa and the Kokā and Śukī the Śukas (doves). Kokā or the Cakravākī bird is the sister of Haṃsa. This is how the Arayanna and the Cakravāka got Devatva (divinity). (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa, Canto 14).