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- proper noun Hinduism "the skilled one", is an ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis.
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Examples
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Ketki Dave, known as Daksha of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, returns to the small screen in a new avatar in Behnein
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Ketki Dave, known as Daksha of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, returns to the small screen in a new avatar in Behnein
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Yale junior Daksha Rajagopalan remembered Ms. Dufault reaching out in 2008 after they shared a physics class with only three women.
Yale Student Dies in Chemistry-Lab Accident Sophia Hollander 2011
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A little time later, Daksha arranged a `yagna` where everyone except Lord Shiva was invited.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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Daksha was against their marriage but could not prevent it to happen.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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Daksha, the Lord of the Earth, and his wife, Menaka, had a daughter called Sati.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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Sati, the wife of Daksha, was so overcome at the demise of her husband that she immolated herself on his funeral pyre.
Story Behind Sati 2008
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She burnt herself in fire as protest against her father, Daksha did not give her consort Shiva the respect she thought he deserved.
Story Behind Sati 2008
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The sages then also withdraw, on which Daksha goes out, exclaiming, "I will give double presents to those who remain."
Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta
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Daksha, the father of Sati or Bhavani and father-in-law of the great god
Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta
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