Aditi (the light), in Hindu mythology, is one of the two wives of Kasyapa; the other, Diti, is the darkness. Aditi is a personification of the day, and therefore is. the daughter of Daksha and the mother, of the twelve Adityas. Aditi and Kasyapa sprang from Brahma, and are therefore called children of God. Because of their great light, they are called the source. of light.
Aditi and Kasyapa are the parents of Indra, the first of the twelve Adityas. The latter were pressed hard by the sons of the giants in a frightful war. Aditi asked her husband what she should do. He advised her to bringaan offering to the honor of Vishnu, who would be born as her Son, and would annihilate the giants: It happened so; and thus Aditi gave birth to Vishnu in the person of the dwarf Vamana.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More