Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Kulisankusa" | Jain | Goddess of learning Jain |
Goddess name "Kulisankusa (having an ax and a goad)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Mahakali" | Jain | Goddess learning Jain |
Goddess name "Mahakali" | Jain / India | (1) Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.(2) Form of the goddess KALI. Hindu. Also a SAKTI of MAHAKALA. Attributes: conch, cup, headdress, hook, knife, noose, rosary of skulls, staff, sword, waterjar and wheel.... |
Goddess name "Mahamanasika" | Jain | Goddess of learning Jain |
Goddess name "Mahamanasika (great-minded)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Manasi (spiritual)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Manavi" | Jain | Goddess of learning Jain |
Goddess name "Manavi (descended from Manu)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Nagini" | Jain / India | Goddess. The counterpart of the Hindu goddess MANASA.... |
Goddess name "Naradatta (daughter of Nara)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen... |
Goddess name "Prajnapti (teaching)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Rohini (red)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). She is the mother of BUDHA.(2) Goddess of learning. Jain. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Sarvastramahajvala" | Jain | Messenger goddess Jain |
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.... |
Goddess name "Sri(devi) (prosperity)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. An early name which was syncretized with that of LAKSMI to form Sri-Laksmi.(2) Goddess. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire who protect the Dalai Lama. A manifestation of the goddess DEVI sometimes seen in company with VIS NU, when conventionally she stands on his right. Her breasts are covered by a narrow band of cloth. She may be invoked to provide wealth (see also Laksmi). Her retinue includes the goddesses of the seasons and her animal is a mule. Color: blue. Attributes: chiefly cup and staff but on occasion several other objects including a pink lotus. Three-eyed and may be three-headed. Also LHA MO.(3) Goddess. Jain.... |
Goddess name "Tripura (lady of the three cities)" | Hindu / Jain | Mother goddess. In Jainism regarded as one of the ASTAMATARAS. In Hinduism the SAKTI of Tripurantaka, an ugra (terrible) representation of the god SIVA, alternatively a form of the goddess PARVATI. The three cities are the cities of gold, silver and iron, one in heaven, one in the air and one on earth, which Siva destroyed in his form as Tripurantaka. Tripura is depicted attended by vultures. Attributes: Book, hook, noose and rosary.... |