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List of Gods : "God Hindu" - 802 records

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Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
God name
"Daksa"
Hindu God of the Sun and master of the works of unerring right discernment. Hindu
God name
"Daksa (skilled and able)"
Hindu / Vedic / Puranic Sun god. The son of BRAHMA and ADITI, he is an ADITYA and demiurge. His consort is PRASUTI, and he is said to have had up to sixty daughters. He appears in conflict with his son-in-law SIVA as the main offender against Siva's consort SATI (accounted as one of his daughters), who was so insulted by Daksa that she committed suicide by jumping into a ritual fire. Siva took revenge by decapitating Daksa but later, after intercession from other gods, Brahma brought him back to life, giving him the substitute head of a sacrificial goat. Attribute: head of a goat. Also PRAJAPATI....
Goddess name
"Danu"
Hindu Primordial goddess Hindu / Vedic
Goddess name
"Daya"
Hindu / Puranic A goddess who oddly enough is considered a minor aspect of the god of Visnu
Goddess name
"Daya (compåśśion)"
Hindu / Puranic / A SAKTI of Acyuta / never falling / , a minor aspect of the god VIS NU Goddess. Decima...
God name
"Deva"
Hindu / Puranic / Vedic Generic name of a god. Hindu / Puranic / Vedic
Deities name
"Deva (the god)"
Hindu / Vedic / Puranic Generic name of a god. Originally, in the Rg Veda, thirty or thirty-three devas are indicated, divided into three groups of eleven. In later Hinduism, the term deva is generally applied to deities not included in the chief triad of BRAHMA, VISNU and SIVA....
Goddess name
"Devaki"
Hindu / Puranic / Epic Mother goddess. Hindu / Puranic / Epic
Goddess name
"Devaki (divine)"
Hindu / Epic / Puranic Mother goddess. Daughter of Devaka and consort of the mythical king VASUDEVA, Devaki bore eight sons, including KRSNA and BALARAMA. Her brother Kamsa believed that the eighth child would kill him and he slaughtered the first six sons. In order to save the remaining two, VISNU implanted the “seed” of his avataras in Devaki's womb (in the form of hairs from his head), before transferring Balarama to the womb of the goddess ROHINI and Krsna to Yasoda, the wife of a cowherd, Nanda....
Planet name
"Devapurohita"
Hindu / Puranic Astral god. An epithet for the planet god JUPITER....
Spirit name
"Devas aka daeva"
Hindu A type of celestial being that appears in both Persian mythology and Hinduism. Named after a Sanskrit word meaning "god," the deva emerged in Hindu teachings as a spiritual being, serving the supreme beings.
Goddess name
"Devasena"
Hindu / Puranic Goddess. Hindu / Puranic
Goddess name
"Devasena (heavenly host)"
Hindu / Puranic Goddess. One of the consorts of SKANDA who normally stands to his left. Attribute: lotus in the left hand....
God name
"Devata"
Hindu The gods in general or, as most frequently used, the whole body of inferior gods. Hindu
Goddess name
"Devi"
Hindu A twelve armed warrior goddess
Goddess name
"Devi"
Hindu Twelve armed warrior goddess. Hindu
Goddess name
"Devi (the goddess)"
Hindu / Epic / Puranic Goddess epitomizing the active female principle. Devi evolved as a major goddess out of the older notion of mother and vegetation goddesses. She is seen more as an abstract principle who will nevertheless respond directly to worshipers' prayers. By the fifth century AD she appears in many forms as the active (feminine) aspect or power of male deities. General attributes: conch, hook, noose, prayer wheel and trident. Devi is also the generic name given to a female deity, in her capacity as the consort of a god or DEVA.See also SRI(DEVI), BHUMIDEVI....
Goddess name
"Dhanistha"
Hindu / Puranic Minor goddess of misfortune to and malevolent astral deity. Hindu / Puranic
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