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Daitya

Daitya noun: any of a clan or race of Asuras, the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa.

Noun

Daitya (plural Daityas)

  1. (Hinduism) Any of a clan or race of Asuras, the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa.

Daitya meaning in Hindi and Sanskrit

Daitya in Hindi

Daitya, a son of Diti and Kashyapa
दैत्य daitya

Daitya in Sanskrit

Daitya, a son of Diti and Kashyapa
दैत्य daitya

Forms of Daitya

pluralDaityas

Questions about Daitya

What does Daitya mean?
Daitya means any of a clan or race of Asuras, the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa.
What is Daitya in Hindi?
Daitya in Hindi is दैत्य (daitya). See Daitya meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Daitya?
Daitya is a noun.
What is the plural of Daitya?
The plural of Daitya is Daityas.

Words near Daitya in the dictionary

  1. daith
  2. daith piercing
  3. daith piercings
  4. daiths
  5. Daito wren
  6. Daitya
  7. Daityas
  8. daiva
  9. Daivadnya brahmin
  10. Daivajna
  11. daivas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Daitya (page history and authors); दैत्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); दैत्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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