| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Devaki (divine)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. Daughter of Devaka and consort of the mythical king VASUDEVA, Devaki bore eight sons, including KRSNA and BALARAMA. Her brother Kamsa believed that the eighth child would kill him and he slaughtered the first six sons. In order to save the remaining two, VISNU implanted the seed of his avataras in Devaki's womb (in the form of hairs from his head), before transferring Balarama to the womb of the goddess ROHINI and Krsna to Yasoda, the wife of a cowherd, Nanda.... |
| Planet name "Devapurohita" | Hindu / Puranic | Astral god. An epithet for the planet god JUPITER.... |
| Spirit name "Devas aka daeva" | Hindu | A type of celestial being that appears in both Persian mythology and Hinduism. Named after a Sanskrit word meaning "god," the deva emerged in Hindu teachings as a spiritual being, serving the supreme beings. |
| Goddess name "Devasena" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Devasena (heavenly host)" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. One of the consorts of SKANDA who normally stands to his left. Attribute: lotus in the left hand.... |
| Goddess name "Devi (the goddess)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess epitomizing the active female principle. Devi evolved as a major goddess out of the older notion of mother and vegetation goddesses. She is seen more as an abstract principle who will nevertheless respond directly to worshipers' prayers. By the fifth century AD she appears in many forms as the active (feminine) aspect or power of male deities. General attributes: conch, hook, noose, prayer wheel and trident. Devi is also the generic name given to a female deity, in her capacity as the consort of a god or DEVA.See also SRI(DEVI), BHUMIDEVI.... |
| Goddess name "Dhanada" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. One of the emanations of the DHYANIBUDDHA AMOGHASIDDHI, also a form of the goddess TARA. She sits upon a moon throne with an unnamed animal in attendance. Color: green. Attributes: Book, blue lotus, image of Amoghasiddhi, noose and rosary.... |
| Goddess name "Dhanistha" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune to and malevolent astral deity. Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Dhanistha (very rich)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Also SRAVISTHA.... |
| God name "Dhanvantari" | Hindu / Puranic / Vedic / Epic | God of the Sun who later became an avatar of the god Visnu. Hindu / Puranic / Vedic / Epic |
| God name "Dhanvantari (traveling through an arc)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Sun god. In later tradition a minor incarnation or avatara of the god VISNU, also closely åśśociated with Medicine. In Vedic mythology Dhanvantari carried the ambrosia created from the primeval ocean of milk. He brought medical science to mankind. Only as the religion evolved did he become identified as an avatara. As KANTATMAN (PRADYUMNA), he is thought to be Kama reincarnated after his death at the hands of SIVA. Various other epithets and existences are attributed to this deity. Offerings are due to him at dusk in the northeastern quarter. He is the guardian deity of hospitals which are usually in the vicinity of a sanctuary of Visnu. Attributes: two bowls containing ambrosia. Also Kantatman.... |
| God name "Dhara" | Hindu | Attendant god Hindu / Puranic |
| Deities name "Dhara (supporting)" | Hindu / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of eight VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: lotus, plough, rosary and spear.... |
| Goddess name "Dharani (earth)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. Consort of PARASURAMA and an avatara of the goddess LAKSMI.(2) Collective name for a group of deities. Buddhist. Twelve personifications of a particular kind of short mystical religious text used as a charm. Also dharini.... |
| Goddess name "Dharti Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Dharti Mata" | Hindu / Puranic | Mother goddess. A deity who appears late in Hinduism and equates with PRTHIVI or BHUMIDEVI. According to some authors she is the consort of THAKUR DEO. Also Dhartri Mai, Darti Awwal.... |
| God name "Dhatar" | Hindu | God of the Sun Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Dhatar (creator)" | Hindu / Puranic | Sun god. An original Vedic list of six descendants of the goddess ADITI or Adityas, all of whom take the role of Sun gods was, in later times, enlarged to twelve, including Dhatar. Color: golden. Attributes: two lotuses, lotus rosary and waterjar. Also Dhatr.... |
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