Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Supreme god name "Para Brahma" | India | Para Brahma. The supreme god of the Siva Narayanis. Northwest India |
Deities name "Paramasva (great horse)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. Considered to be a form of HAYAGRIVA depicted with four legs and trampling the four major Hindu deities underfoot. Color: red. Attributes: arrow, bow, head of a horse, great lotus, lotus, staff and sword. Threeeyed.... |
Demon name "Parasurama (Rama-with-the-ax)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The sixth avatara of Vis'nu (see also RAMA) in which form he saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. According to legend, Rama, the son of a wise man, became a skilled bowman and in gratitude he went to the Himalaya where he stayed, devoting himself to SIVA. His consort is DHARANI. Though without his bow, Rama acted as a champion of the gods in a war against the demons and was rewarded with an ax. In another legend, Vis'nu took the form of Parasurama to rid the world of despotic rulers. This avatara appears in human form, with two arms and with an ax in the right hand. Other attributes: arrow, bow, knife, skin and sword. Also Parasuramavatara.... |
Goddess name "Parna-Savari (dressed in leaves)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of AKSOBHYA and BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Also one of a group of DHARANIS (deifications of literature). She is particularly recognized in the northwest of India. Her vehicle is GANESA surmounting obstacles. Color: yellow or green. Attributes: arrow, ax, bow, flower, noose, peaçõçk feather, skin and staff. She is depicted as having three eyes and three heads.... |
God name "Pavana" | Hindu | God of the winds, said to be the father of Hanumat or Hanuman, the monkey king who becomes Rama's helper in the Ramayana. Hindu |
Goddess name "Pidraya" | Canaan | Goddess of Light or Mist, the eldest of the three daughters of Ba'al, the storm God and one of the "Perfect Brides". Canaan |
God name "Poxiom" | Mayan / Tzeltal Indian, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of disease. Apparently perceived as a star in the sky or a ball of fire. He may also be depicted as a fertility god shelling maize or as a fisherman, doctor, musician or hunter. An image of the god was discovered in the Christian church in Oxchuc, and the Indians were forced to revoke and spit on the icon before it was publicly burnt.... |
God name "Poxlom" | Mayan | God of disease, also seen as a fertility god and is often depicted been a hunter. Mayan |
God name "Ppiz Hiu Tec" | Mayan | God of poetry. Mayan |
Goddess name "Prabhakari (light-maker)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: red. Attributes: Sun disc on a great lotus and staff.... |
"Prabhavapyaya" | Buddist | That from which all things originate and into which they all resolve at the end of the life cycle. A synonym for Brahman-pradhana. Buddist |
Goddess name "Pradipatara" | Buddhist / Mayhayana | A minor goddess of light |
Goddess name "Pradipatara" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess of light. Pradyumna... |
"Prahana or prakriti" | Theosophic | Matter in its elemental state, is vyaya (perishable) and parinamin, subject to change. However, when Purusha and prakriti are regarded from the standpoint of the periods of manifestation, their aspects become mayavi (illusory), and hence in their interblending actions subject to the modifications of manvantaric evolution. Theosophic |
Goddess name "Prajana" | Buddhist | Goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
Goddess name "Prajna (wisdom)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. Regarded as the SAKTI of a number of Mahayana gods, or specifically of ADIBUDDHA.... |
Goddess name "Pramudita" | Buddhist | In minor goddess Buddhist / Vajrayana |
Goddess name "Pramudita (delighted)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: red. Attributes: jewel and staff.... |