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{{Infobox character<br />
| name = Danu<br />
| family = [[Daksha]] — father<br/>[[Panchajani]] — mother<br />
| spouse = [[Kashyapa]]<br />
| children = Viprachitti, Hayagriva, Samvara, Namuchi, Poloman, Kapata, Kupata, Asiloman, Kesi, Durjaya, Ayassiras, Aswasiras, Aswasanku, Gaganamrdhan, Vegavat, Ketumat, Swarbhanu, Aswa, Aswapati, Vrishaparvan, Ajaka, Aswagriva, Sukshama, Tuhunda, Ekapada, Ekachakra, Virupaksha, Mahodara, Nichandra, Nikumbha, Sarabha, Sulabha, Surya, Chandramas (not the celestial sun and moon) and six others.<br />
| color = Black<br />
| caption = Mother of danavas<br />
}}<br />
'''Danu''', a [[Hindu deities|Hindu primordial goddess]], is mentioned in the ''[[Rigveda]]'', mother of the [[Danava (Hinduism)|Danavas]]. The word ''Danu'' described the primeval waters which this deity perhaps embodied. In the ''[[Rigveda]]'' (I.32.9), she is identified as the mother of [[Vritra]], the demonic serpent slain by [[Indra]].<ref>Kinsley, David (1987, reprint 2005). ''Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition'', Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, {{ISBN|81-208-0394-9}}. p. 16.</ref> In later [[Hinduism]], she becomes the daughter of the god [[Daksha]] and his spouse [[Panchajani]], and the consort of the sage [[Kashyapa]].<ref>''The European discovery of India; key indological sources of romanticism''. Ganesha Publishing. "''Danu, d. of Daksha, w. of Kasyapa''.”</ref><br />
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== Name ==<br />
As a word for "rain" or "liquid", ''dānu'' is compared to Avestan ''dānu'', "river", and further to river names like [[Don River (Russia)|Don]], [[Danube]], [[Dnieper]], [[Dniestr]], etc. There is also a Danu river in Nepal. The "liquid" word is mostly neutral, but appears as feminine in [[Mandala 1|RV 1]].54.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Dewi Danu]], a Balinese Hindu goddess<br />
*[[Gaia]]<br />
*[[Tiamat]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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