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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: Jaṭāyu’s offer. Daśaratha’s vulture friend recounts the ancestry of Devas, animals and humankind, identifies his own lineage and offers to guard Sītā

In the sequence: he recounts that Dakṣa had sixty daughters, eight of whom married Kaśyapa: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kālakā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Manu, and Analā.

3.13.11

kaśyapaḥ pratijagrāha tāsām aṣṭau sumadhyamāḥ
aditiṃ ca ditiṃ caiva danūm api ca kālakām

Of these, Kaśyapa took in marriage eight fair-waisted ones: Aditi, and Diti, and Danu, and also Kālakā,

Words: kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa; pratijagrāha — received, took (in marriage); tāsām — of them; aṣṭau — eight; sumadhyamāḥ — fair-waisted ones; aditiṃ — Aditi; ca — and; ditiṃ — Diti; caiva — and also; danūm — Danu; api ca — and also; kālakām — Kālakā

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.