| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Nispannattara" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Nrtya (dance)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARAS. Color: green or various. Attribute: staff.... |
"Ostara" | German | The old High German name for the Easter festival. |
| Goddess name "Ostara" | Germanic | Sun goddess. Associated with the coming of spring and one of the derivations of the term Easter, she equates with the Anglo-Saxon deity EOSTRE.... |
| Goddess name "Ostara/ Easter" | Germanic | A goddess of spring & the Sun |
| Spirit name "Ostaraki" | Buddhist | spirit of divinity and wisdom. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Ostaraki (covering)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
| Goddess name "Padma (lotus)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS. Attributes: rosary and water jar. Three-eyed.(2) Goddess. An incarnation of LAKSMI, the consort of an avatara of VIS NU. She is depicted as emanating from the padma or lotus (Nelumbium speciosum) which is the symbol of creation and one of the most important iconographic devices in Hinduism. Also KAMALA.... |
| Goddess name "Padmatara" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Padmatara (lotus Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Padmosnisa... |
| Goddess name "Pansahi Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess. A SAKTI and one of seven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, inflicting sickness on children under the age of seven. Particularly known from Bengal.... |
| Demon name "Parasurama (Rama-with-the-ax)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The sixth avatara of Vis'nu (see also RAMA) in which form he saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. According to legend, Rama, the son of a wise man, became a skilled bowman and in gratitude he went to the Himalaya where he stayed, devoting himself to SIVA. His consort is DHARANI. Though without his bow, Rama acted as a champion of the gods in a war against the demons and was rewarded with an ax. In another legend, Vis'nu took the form of Parasurama to rid the world of despotic rulers. This avatara appears in human form, with two arms and with an ax in the right hand. Other attributes: arrow, bow, knife, skin and sword. Also Parasuramavatara.... |
| Goddess name "Phul Mata" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who in later Hinduism became one of the SAPTAMATARAS regarded as of evil intent, inflicting sickness on children under seven years old. Particularly known from Bengal.... |
| Spirit name "Pitri" | Hindu | Pitaras. An order of Divine beings in Hindu mythology inhabiting celestial regions of their own, and receiving into their society the spirits of those mortals whose funeral rites have been duly performed. |
| Goddess name "Pradhana (most important)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of a group of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS.... |
| Goddess name "Pradipatara" | Buddhist / Mayhayana | A minor goddess of light |
| Goddess name "Pradipatara" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess of light. Pradyumna... |
| Goddess name "Prasannatara" | Buddhist | Rather minor goddess who tramples upon some Hindu gods Buddhist / Mahayana |
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