[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.2788 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2788 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2788 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2788](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2788) 1) Birth. Ten daughters were born to Kaśyapaprajāpati by his wife Krodhavaśā, daughter of Dakṣa including Surasā. From Surasā were born all the nāgas. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa, Canto 14). Nāgas and Uragas are two sects of serpents. From Surasā were born Nāgas and from Kadrū, Uragas. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Canto 14, Verse 28). Surasā was born from the wrath of Krodhavaśā and the former had three daughters called Analā, Ruhā and Virudhā. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 61). - [Previous: c9.2787](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2787) - [Next: c9.2789](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2789) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.66) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.3.14) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2788](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2788) · Pramāṇa