| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Aparajita" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of Durga Terrible in appearance and likes to trample Ganesha under foot. Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Aparajita (unconquered)" | Hindu / Puranic | (1) God. One of the eleven EKADASARUDRAS or forms of RUDRA. Attributes: bell, bowl, club, drum, hook, lance, lotus, prayer wheel, rod, rosary, shield, sword and trident.(2) Minor god. Buddhist (Mahayana). (3) Goddess. Hindu (Puranic). Form of DURGA. Her attendant animal is a lion. Attributes: arrow, shield, snake and sword. 4. Goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). She stands or treads on the god GANESA. Color: yellow. Attributes: bell, hook, image of RATNASAMBHAVA, noose and staff.... |
| Nymph name "Apsaras" | Hindu / Vedic | The thirty-five million nymphs of Indra's heaven. The daughters of pleasure are fairy-like beings, beautiful and voluptuous, who lure heroes and sages from their devotions. Hindu / Vedic |
| Deities name "Apsaras" | Hindu / Vedic | water spirits. Identified as musicians and protective deities of gamblers bringing good fortune. They may also bring insanity.... |
| Goddess name "Aranyani" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of woodlands. Hindu / Vedic |
| Goddess name "Aranyani" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of woodlands. Possibly having evolved from a primitive animistic guardian spirit of animals, Aranyani is an elusive, rarely seen, deity who is recognized in the sounds of the trees, particularly at dusk. She is a benign figure, sweet-scented and unwilling to destroy unless severely provoked.... |
| God name "Ardhanari(svara) (the lord being half woman)" | Hindu / Puranic | God. The god SI IVA combined with his SAKTI as a single being. His attendant animal is the bull. In iconography the left side of the image is female and the right male. A tutelary deity of eunuchs in India. Attributes: (right side) blue lotus, cup, hatchet, lute, moon disc, pestle, skin, sword and trident; (left side) ax, mirror, noose, pitcher, rosary, sacred rope and trident. May appear as three-headed. Also Ammaiappan (Tamil); Naranari.... |
| Goddess name "Ardra" | Hindu | Minor goddess of misfortune Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Ardra" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
"Arishta" | Hindu | A Daitya, and a son of Bali, who attacked Krishna in the form of a savage bull and was slain by him. Hindu |
| Hero name "Arjuna" | Hindu / Vedic | One of the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. His name means 'bright', 'shining', or 'silver'. Hindu / Vedic |
| God name "Arjuna (silvery)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Heroic god. Arjuna appears in the Mahabharata epic. One of the princely sons of the mythical Pandu family, his father is INDRA. He generally appears with the warrior god BHIMA. Allegedly responsible for requesting VIS'NU to take his VISVARUPA form but also identified as a minor incarnation or avatara of Vis'nu. Attributes: usually depicted bearing a bow received from AGNI the fire god, but may also appear carrying a sword and shield. Also NARA.... |
| God name "Arom" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Minor god of contractual agreements. Arom appears to have been significant only to a tribe known as the Kam in the southern Hindukush. He was honored by sacrifice of a male goat on the occasion of a peace treaty, and had seven brothers.... |
| God name "Aruna" | Hindu | mountain god of morning and warriors. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Arundhati" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess of the sky, stars and night time. Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Arundhati (faithfulness)" | Hindu / Puranic | Astral goddess. Personification of the morning star and the wife of all risis or inspired sons of BRAHMA though particularly åśśociated with Vasistha. Attributes: begging bowls.... |
| Deities name "Aryaman" | Hindu | One of the early Vedic deities (devas). His name literally means a bosom friend, but is often confused as "the protector of the Aryans" Hindu / Vedic |
| Goddess name "Aryaman (companion)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Minor Sun god. In Vedic times, the god of formal hospitality. One of six ADITYA sons of the goddess ADITI. Attributes: club, two lotuses and prayer wheel.... |
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