Vinata

Vinata
Balinese art of Garuda seeking food from Vinata
TextsPuranas
Genealogy
ParentsDaksha (father), Asikni (mother)
SiblingsAditi, Diti, Kālikā, Kapil, Surasa, Simhika, Viśvā, Kadru
SpouseKashyapa
ChildrenAruṇa and Garuda, Sumati (daughter)

In Hinduism, Vinata (Sanskrit: विनता, IAST: Vinatā) is the mother of Aruna and Garuda. She is one of the daughters of Prajapati Daksha. She is married to Kashyapa, along with several of her sisters. She bears him two sons, the elder being Aruna and the younger being Garuda.[1]

  1. ^ Söhnen, Renate; Söhnen-Thieme, Renate; Schreiner, Peter (1989). Brahmapurāṇa: Summary of Contents, with Index of Names and Motifs. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02960-5.

Developed by StudentB