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| Book name "Abidharma" | Tripitaka | The Book of metaphysics in the Tripitaka |
"Adidharma" | Buddhist | the primeval law Buddhist / Lamaist |
| Goddess name "Adidharma (the primeval law)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Primordial goddess. Particularly worshiped in Lamaism, she is the SAKTI of ADIBUDDHA. Attributes: cup and knife.... |
"Amitabha" | Buddhist / India | A celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahayana school of Buddhism. According to these scriptures, Amitabha possesses infinite merits resulting from good deeds over countless past lives as a bodhisattva named Dharmakara. Buddhist / India |
| God name "Beg-Tse (concealed coat of mail)" | Buddhist / Lamaist / Tibet | God of war. One of a group of eight DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire. Stands with one foot on a horse and one on a man. Color: red. Attrib utes: banner, fire, skin and sword. May appear with three eyes. Also Cam srin.... |
| God name "DARARIA" | Hindu / India | Jjustice. The god of law who originates as a creator god and one of the sons of Brahma, but almost certainly derives from the dharmas or archetypal patterns of society identified in the Rg Veda. According to tradition he is the consort of thirteen daughters of DAKSA and the father of Yudhisthra. Also regarded as a minor avatara of VISNU, appearing as a bull standing for the redemption of souls.... |
| God name "Dharma" | Hindu | God of justice, righteousness and virtue Hindu |
| God name "Dharmadhatuvagisvara" | Buddhist | Physician god Buddhist |
| God name "Dharmadhatuvagisvara" | Buddhist | God of the law. A variety of MANJUSRI and therefore an emanation of AMITABHA. Color: reddish-white. Attributes: arrow, bell, Book, bow, hook, image of Amitabha on crown, staff, sword and water jar. Depicted with four heads and setting the law wheel in motion.... |
| God name "Dharmakirtisagaraghosa (sound of the ocean of the glory of the law)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Physician god. Accounted among one of a series of Medicine buddhas known as a SMAN-BLA in Lamaism. Typically depicted with stretched earlobes. Color: red.... |
| Goddess name "Dharmamegha" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Vajrayana |
| Goddess name "Dharmamegha (cloud of the law)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of twelve deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: blue. Attributes: Book and staff.... |
| Goddess name "Dharmapala" | Buddhist | Minor goddess concerned with law Buddhist / Vajrayana |
| Deities name "Dharmapala" | Buddhist / particularly Lamaist / Tibet | Collective name for a group of eight tutelary deities. They wear royal apparel but are of terrible appearance and are considered to be the guardians of the law. General attributes: ax, cup, knife and snake.... |
| Goddess name "Dharmapratisamvit (analysis of nature)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Goddess of nature analysis. One of a group of four PRATISAMVITS. Color: whitish-red. Attributes: noose and staff with crook.... |
| Goddess name "Dharmavasita (control of law)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of twelve VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: white. Attributes: water jar on a red lotus.... |
| God name "Hari (yellowish brown)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor incarnation of the god V IS'NU. Popularized by modern religious movements, Hari is one of the sons of the god DHARMA who sprang from the heart of BRAHMA. He is most closely linked with KRSNA, but he and Krsna also parallel Dharma's other sons, NARA and NARAYANA. Hari can be a more generic epithet applied to several Hindu gods.... |
| Demon name "Hayagriva (horse neck)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) The most significant minor incarnation of the god VIS'NU. He probably originated as a horse god and later became an avatara åśśociated with wisdom and knowledge. At the behest of BRAHMA, Hayagriva rescued the Vedas, stolen by two demons, from the bottom of the primeval ocean. Depicted in human form with the head of a horse and, according to the texts, eight hands. Attributes: Book (Veda), horse's mane and rosary. Also the attributes of Vis'nu. Also Hayasirsa, Vadavavaktra.(2) Patron god of horses. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire, he is considered to be an emanation of AKSOBHYA or AMITABHA. His SAKTI is MARICI. Color: red. Attributes: horse heads, staff and trident, but also arrow, ax, banner, bow, club, flames, flower, image of Aksobhya or Amitabha on the crown, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, skin, snakes, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
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