DHĀTĀ I 1)
General information. One of the twelve Ādityas. (See Dvādaśādityas and Āditya).
2)
Other details:(1) At the burning of Khāṇḍava forest among the gods who came against Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, there was Dhātā also.
[M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 266, Stanza 34] .
(2) Dhātā gave Subrahmaṇya five followers named Kunda, Kusuma, Kumuda, Ḍaṁbara and Āḍaṁbara as gift.
[M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 45 Stanza 39] .
DHĀTĀ II It is seen in
[Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṁśa 1, Chapter 10] , that two sons named Dhātā and Vidhātā and a daughter Lakṣmī were born to Bhṛgu, the son of Brahmā, by his wife Khyāti. Of them Dhātā and Vidhātā married Āyati and Niyati, the daughters of Meru. Lakṣmī became the wife of Mahāviṣṇu.