Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Pracanda" | Hindu | Distinctive form of the goddess Durga. Hindu |
Goddess name "Pracanda (furious)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of NAVADURGAS or nine durgas.... |
Goddess name "Raudri" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of a group of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. She may also equate with the terrifying aspect of PARVATI as DURGA or KALI.... |
Goddess name "Rudracandra" | Hindu | Distinct form of the goddess Durga. Hindu |
Goddess name "Rudracandra" | Hindu | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of nine NAVADURGAS, known as the nine durgas.... |
Goddess name "Rudracarcika" | Hindu / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARAS, alternatively a variety of the goddess DURGA.... |
Goddess name "Rudrani" | Hindu | Goddess. An epithet of DURGA, impersonated by a young pre-menstrual girl in the Durga festivals.... |
God name "Sakti (energy)" | Hindu, Jain / Buddhist | Personification of a god. The effective power, or creative force, of a deity in the form of a female aspect. In a more specific context, the SAKTI identifies the creative force of the god SIVA, particularly the ugra or violent aspects DURGA and KALI. The Sakti may frequently have the same characteristics and carry the same attributes as the principal god. In Tantrism, the unity of opposites is defined by the Sakti, which is the yoni or female sexuality that unites with the male lingam of Siva.... |
Goddess name "Saraswati" | Hinduism | The first of the three prominent goddesses of Hinduism, the other two being Lakshmi and Durga. Saraswati is the consort of Lord Brahma, the creator. |
Goddess name "Ugaracandika" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A distinctive form of a goddess Durga |
Goddess name "Ugracandika (violent Canda)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of NAVADURGAS, the nine durgas.... |
Goddess name "Vana-Durga" | Hindu / Puranic | Aspect of DURGA. A form of the goddess invoked by woodsmen and Foresters. She often wears an elephant skin, is eight-armed and carries an åśśortment of weapons.... |