In the Puranic/Daksha–Kashyapa genealogical framework, Krodhavasa is a daughter of Daksha who becomes one of the wives of the sage Kasyapa. As with many daughters of Daksha married to Kasyapa, she functions as a progenitor figure: her temperament (wrath/short temper) is given as the etiological reason for the nature of her offspring, the Krodhavashas, a class of ferocious animals, birds, and fish. Some texts enumerate daughters associated with her line—names given in variant traditions include Mrigi, Mrigananda, Hari, Bhadramata, Matangi, Sharduli, Shveta, Surabhi, Surasa, and Kadru—though exact rosters vary by source.
The provided texts do not establish a standardized iconography for Krodhavasa. Narrative passages, however, depict her in at least one episode (Mahabharata summary) as combative and armed: she enters a mountain lake with a drawn sword and threatens the hero Bhima, an appearance consistent with the wrathful sense of her name rather than a fixed visual form.
Krodhavasa's principal role in the literature is generative and etiological: as mother of the Krodhavashas she 'produces' ferocious species characterized by sharp teeth. In narrative contexts she may behave aggressively—e.g., threatening Bhima with a sword in a Mahabharata episode—but when confronted by superior martial force she retreats (the story records Bhima breaking her sword and her subsequent flight). Sources do not ascribe specific cosmic or magical powers beyond her genealogical influence and the combative behavior shown in that episode.
Weaknesses
- conditionrepelled by superior martial force (narrative)
Wards
None recorded.
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- [2]Wikidata: Krodhavasa. Wikidata entry Q19630759 for Krodhavasa.other
- [3]Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.10.32-34 (and related catalogue fragments). Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, cited catalogue verses listing krodhavaśātmajāḥ among groups (SB 8.10.32–34; SB 6.6.28 fragment).literary
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