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Goddess name "Saranyu (the fleet one)" | Hindu / Vedic | Primordial goddess of uncertain affinities. Saranyu is the daughter of the god TVASTAR, and the sister of VISVARUPA. Her consort is Vivasvat, by whom she is said to be the mother of YAMA and YAMI, the twin progenitors of the human race. Little else is known of her, but she is accounted as having an impetuous nature.See also VIVASVAN.... |
God name "Sarapis" | Late Egypt | God. Known only from the Greco-Roman period of the early Ptolemies (fourth century BC) but persisting in Europe until second or third century AD. In Egyptian religion Sarapis is a hybridization of certain aspects of OSIRIS, the underworld god, and APIS, the bull god, who symbolizes the earthly presence of PTAH. Sarapis is perceived to epitomize both the fertility of the land and the life of the sacred bull after death. In Greek mythology he takes on aspects of ZEUS, HELIOS, ASKLEPIOS and DIONYSOS. He was worshiped extensively in the Roman Empire period. A sanctuary at York in England was dedicated by a soldier of the sixth legion, and magnificent statues were discovered in the Walbrook Mithraeum in London, and at Merida in Spain. Also Seraphis (Greek).... |
Goddess name "Sarasvati" | Hindu | A sacred river in the Vedas, and as a river goddess she was often invoked to bestow vitality, renown. She is described as moving along a golden path and destroying the demon Vritra. Hindu |
Goddess name "Sarasvati Hindu," | Vedic | A goddess of astronomy, science, education, wisdom, eloquence & rivers |
Goddess name "Sarasvati The ethereal" | Hindu | The elegant one; the Divine consort or wife of Brahma, his feminine alter ego and goddess of hidden learning and esoteric wisdom. Hindu |
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. |
God name "Saravakarmavaranavisodhani" | Buddhist | God of the richer, another deification of text Buddhist |
God name "Sarvabuddhadharma-Kosavati (with the virtues of all the buddhas)" | Buddhist | God of literature. The deification of texts. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: yellow. Attributes: basket of jewels and staff.... |
God name "Sarvakarmavaranavisodhani (washing away the obstruction of all deeds)" | Buddhist | God of literature. The deification of texts. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: green. Attribute: staff.... |
God name "Sarvakarmsvaranavisodhani" | Buddhist | it in other god of literature |
Spirit name "Sarvanaranaviskambhin" | Buddhist | God, a spiritual meditation buddha Buddhist |
Spirit name "Sarvanivaranaviskambhin (remover of stain)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A dhyaniboddhisattva or spiritual meditation buddha. Color: white. Attributes: Book, jewel, moon disc, sword and staff.... |
Goddess name "Sarvastramahajvala (the great blaze of all weapons)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Sasanadevata" | Jain / India | Messenger goddess. Generic name for one of a group of twenty-four who minister to the tirthankaras or saints of Jainism.... |
God name "Sastra-devatas" | Hindu | The gods of Divine weapons in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the lords behind earthquakes, tidal waves, storms of all kinds, and lightning. Hindu |
Goddess name "Satis (she who shoots; she who pours)" | Egypt | Minor goddess. A guardian of the southern (Nubian) border of Upper Egypt. The consort of the ram god KHNUM and, by implication, the mother of ANUKIS. She is depicted wearing the conical white crown of Upper Egypt, bearing tall plumes or antelope horns. Satis is described in Pyramid Texts, particularly the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, and there is reference to a sanctuary built for her at Elephantine. Also Satjit; Satet (both Egyptian).... |
Goddess name "Savari" | Buddhist | Goddess of terrifying appearance, or so it is said Buddhist / Tibet |
Goddess name "Savari" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess of terrifying appearance. One of a group of gauris. Color: white. Attributes: holding the mountain known as Meru.... |