Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Punarvasu" | Hindu | Refers to the two brightest stars in the constellation of Gemini: Castor and Pollux. In Malayalam Punarvasu is termed Punartham. Hindu Zodiac |
Goddess name "Randeng" | China | Goddess sent by heaven to bring dread calamity down on to king Zhou because of his blasphemies and evil ways, China |
Spirit name "Salamander" | Greek | The nature spirits of fire, the fire elementals. The Greek salamandra was believed to have power over fire. |
"Salamis" | Greek | A daughter of Asopis, and by Poseidon the mother of Cenchreus or Cychreus. Greek |
God name "Visvaksena (tbe all-conquering)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor god. The bodyguard and gatekeeper of VISNU. Tradition maintains that Visvaksena was slain by SIVA when he refused the latter an audience with Vis'nu. For this reason he is generally depicted in the form of a skeleton impaled on the trident weapon carried by Siva in his aspect of KANKALAMURTI. His attributes include a wheel, club and conch shell.... |