The sons of Rshis could be Devas, Rshis or anything else.. independent of the mother’s caste and dependent only on their own gunas.
Thus,
- The sons of Kasyapa, Indra, Surya, Varuna, and others were Devas.
- The sons of Kasyapa, Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu were Daityas. (Aditi and Kasyapa, Adityas – Suras, Daityas, Danavas)
- The sons of Brhaspati, Kacha and Bharadwaja were rshis. (Bharadwaja)
- The sons of Atri : Dattareya was divine, Chandra was a Deva, Durvasa was a Maharshi. (Durvasa)
- The sons of Bhrgu, Sukracharya and Chyavana were rshis. (Bhrgu (Bhrigu, Bhrugu), Sukracharya)
- The sons of Visravas became kings of Yakshas and Rakshasas. (Rakshasas)
- The sons, grandsons, great grandsons and great great grandsons of Vasishtha were Rishis. (Sakthi, Parasara, Veda Vyasa, Suka, the son of Vyasa)
See Also : Chandra Deva, Atri’s son and Indra’s Uncle, Indra : Deva or Rshi?
The sons of Devas could again be Devas, Kakas, Vanaras, Naras and so on
- Indra’s son Jayantha was a Kaka, his son Vali was a Vanara and his son Arjuna was a Nara. (Indra, Arjuna अर्जुन)
- Surya’s son, Vaivaswatha Manu was a manava, Sugreeva was a Vanara and Karna was a Manava. (Vaivaswatha Manu, Sugriva, Karna)
People could also change their jathis “on-line” through curses and boons.
- Nahusha, the father of Yayati, the son of Ayus and the grandson of Pururavas was cursed by Agastya and became a Naga. (Agastya – Canopus, Nagas, Vara – Sapa : Boon – Curse)
- Tataki, Kalmashapada, Kabandha etc are gandharvas, yakshas or manava turned into rakshasas. (Tataki తాటకి )
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