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List of Gods : "Kantatman" - 3 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
God name "Dhanvantari (traveling through an arc)"	Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic	Sun god. In later tradition a minor incarnation or avatara of the god VISNU, also closely åśśociated with Medicine. In Vedic mythology Dhanvantari carried the ambrosia created from the primeval ocean of milk. He brought medical science to mankind. Only as the religion evolved did he become identified as an avatara. As KANTATMAN (PRADYUMNA), he is thought to be Kama reincarnated after his death at the hands of SIVA. Various other epithets and existences are attributed to this deity. Offerings are due to him at dusk in the northeastern quarter. He is the guardian deity of hospitals which are usually in the vicinity of a sanctuary of Visnu. Attributes: two bowls containing ambrosia. Also Kantatman....
God name "Kantatman"	Hindu / Puranic / Epic	God of Medicine and good health. Hindu / Puranic / Epic
God name "Kantatman"	Hindu / Epic / Puranic	Obscure god of Medicine. The twentieth of the thirty-nine minor avataras of the god VIS'NU and possibly the same as DHANVANTARI, as he is said to be a carrier of nectar. By different genealogy he has been equated with PRADYUMNA, the god of love....

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