Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1592

c8.1592

1) Birth. Daityas were the off-springs of Kaśyapa-prajāpati by Diti. Two sons called Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu and a daughter called Siṁhikā were born to the Prajāpati of Diti. Siṁhikā was married by Vipracitti and to them were born Rāhu and others who became famous as the Saimhikeyas. Hiraṇyakaśipu had four famous sons called Anuhlāda, Hlāda, Prahlāda (the great devotee of Viṣṇu) and Saṁhlāda. (Some texts refer to them as Anuhrāda, Hrāda, Prahrāda and Saṁhrāda). Hlāda’s son was called Hrāda, Saṁhlāda’s sons were called Āyuṣmān, Śibi and Bāṣkala, and Prahlāda’s son was called Virocana. Mahābali was Virocana’s son and Bāṇa was the eldest of the hundred sons of Mahābali.