Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deities name "Prabhasa (shining dawn)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: cup, hook, Sakti and staff.... |
Deities name "Pratyusa (scorching)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: hook, knife, Sakti and sword.... |
"Punarvasu" | Hindu | Refers to the two brightest stars in the constellation of Gemini: Castor and Pollux. In Malayalam Punarvasu is termed Punartham. Hindu Zodiac |
Goddess name "Punarvasu" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Concerned with restoring lost or stolen property.... |
Deities name "Soma (essence)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Minor god. The deification of the sacred yellow drink soma. Also the consort of SURYA. Regarded in later Hinduism as the dikpala of the northern direction and as one of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: hook, lotus and prayer wheel.See also CANDRA.... |
Goddess name "Srivasumukhi" | Buddhist | Minor attendant goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
Goddess name "Srivasumukhi (excellent-faced)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of VASUDHARA.... |
Goddess name "Srivasundhara (earth)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of VASUDHARA.... |
Goddess name "Subhadra (very splendid)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The daughter of VASUDEVA and sister of KRSNA. She may appear standing beside JAGANNATH.... |
"Svasud" | Norse | [Delightful]. The name of a giant; the father of the Sun. Norse |
Deities name "Trayastrinsa (the thirty-three)" | Hindu / Vedic | Collective name for the group of deva gods. One of the many lists of deities in Hinduism, this one is contained in the Rg Veda and includes thirty-three names divided into three groups of eleven in each of the three worlds. Subsequently, the DEVAS were separated into eight VASUS, twelve ADITYAS, eleven RUDRAS and two ASVINS. In later Hinduism the number thirty-three is increased hyperbolically to 330 million and deva refers to gods excluding the major triad of BRAHMA, V ISNU and SIVA.... |
Deities name "Vasu(s) (excellent)" | Hindu / Vedic | Generic title for a group of gods. Eight deities attendant on the Vedic weather god INDRA, comprising day, dawn, fire, moon, pole star, Sun, water and wind. Generally carrying a rosary and with a SAKTI.... |
Deities name "Vasu[s]" | Hindu / India | A generic title for the gods / deities that attend Indra |
"Vasudeva" | Hindu | Interpreted as 'descendant of Vasudeva', another name for Krishna. Hindu |
God name "Vasudeva" | Hindu | God. The princely father of KRSNA and BALARAMA. Consorts include DEVAKI, ROHINI, etc.... |
"Vasudhara" | Buddhist | A female Buddha designate |
God name "Vasudhara" | Buddhist | The Buddhist bodhisattva of abundance and fertility. She is considered to be the consort of Kuvera, the god of wealth. |
Deity name "Vasudhara" | Nepal | Popular in Nepal, where she is a common household deity. She is one of the Vasus mentioned in the Rig Veda. |