Daitya
DaityasThe Daityas (Sanskrit: दैत्य) are a clan or race of Asura as are the Danavas. Daityas were the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa. They fought against the Devas because they were jealous of their Deva half-brothers. Manu Smriti (XII – 48) classifies Daityas as ones possessing the quality of goodness but places them at a level lower than Devas: “Hermits, ascetics, Brahmanas,…