Prasuti (प्रसूति, ''Prasūti'') is the consort of

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and mother of many daughters by him, including the

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Sati. Prasuti is the daughter of

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Marriage and children

According to the ''

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'', the ''

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'' and the ''

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'', Daksha and his wife Prasuti had many daughters (the numbers vary from 16 to 60, but most scholars consider it 24 Shraddha, Bhakti, Dhriti, Thushti, Pushti, Medha, Kriya, Buddhika, Lajja Gauri, Vapu, Santi, Siddhika, Kirtti, Khyati, Sambhuti, Smriti, Priti, Kshama, Sannati, Urjja, Svaha, Svadha, and Sati.''Vishnu Purana'', Vol-I, H.H. Willson. Book-I,Ch-#7, Page 109 The ''

'' records that Daksha felt that 24 daughters were not enough and produced more 60 maidens, though these sixty daughters are mentioned as the offsprings of Asikni in other texts.

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