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<p>The daityas are a race of <a href="/facts/Asura/cC5nhAbW">asuras</a> in <a href="/facts/Hindu_mythology/IcSsm5Aw">Hindu mythology</a>, descended from <a href="/facts/Kashyapa/KCV60qSo">Kashyapa</a> and his wife, <a href="/facts/Diti/GmhQL9XM">Diti</a>. Prominent members of this race include <a href="/facts/Hiranyaksha/cEqn1yuI">Hiranyaksha</a>, <a href="/facts/Hiranyakashipu/08yLlCX8">Hiranyakashipu</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mahabali/UBFkykmm">Mahabali</a>, all of whom overran the <a href="/facts/Bhuloka/LbUSaeRp">earth</a>, and required three of <a href="/facts/Vishnu/yzp3I6Db">Vishnu</a>'s <a href="/facts/Avatar/m2EmmgoW">avataras</a> to be vanquished. </p>