Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
---|---|---|
Deities name "Deva (the god)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Generic name of a god. Originally, in the Rg Veda, thirty or thirty-three devas are indicated, divided into three groups of eleven. In later Hinduism, the term deva is generally applied to deities not included in the chief triad of BRAHMA, VISNU and SIVA.... |
Goddess name "Devaki" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Mother goddess. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Devaki (divine)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. Daughter of Devaka and consort of the mythical king VASUDEVA, Devaki bore eight sons, including KRSNA and BALARAMA. Her brother Kamsa believed that the eighth child would kill him and he slaughtered the first six sons. In order to save the remaining two, VISNU implanted the seed of his avataras in Devaki's womb (in the form of hairs from his head), before transferring Balarama to the womb of the goddess ROHINI and Krsna to Yasoda, the wife of a cowherd, Nanda.... |
"Devala" | Hindu | Music personified as female. Hindu |
Goddess name "Devana" | Czechoslovakia / Slavic | A goddess of the hunt |
Goddess name "Devananda" | Jain | Mother goddess of happiness and joy. Jain |
Goddess name "Devananda (delight of the gods)" | Jain / India | Goddess. The mother of Mahavira.... |
Planet name "Devapurohita" | Hindu / Puranic | Astral god. An epithet for the planet god JUPITER.... |
God name "Devaputra" | Buddhist | Designation for the lower ranked gods. Buddhist |
Demon name "Devas" | India | Some gods at perpetual war with the demons |
Demon name "Devas" | India | Some gods at perpetual war with the demons. India |
Spirit name "Devas aka daeva" | Hindu | A type of celestial being that appears in both Persian mythology and Hinduism. Named after a Sanskrit word meaning "god," the deva emerged in Hindu teachings as a spiritual being, serving the supreme beings. |
Goddess name "Devasena" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Devasena (heavenly host)" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. One of the consorts of SKANDA who normally stands to his left. Attribute: lotus in the left hand.... |
God name "Devata" | Hindu | The gods in general or, as most frequently used, the whole body of inferior gods. Hindu |
God name "Devel" | Gypsy | Highest being / god. Gypsy |
God name "Devel/ Del" | Gypsy | The highest being / god |
"Deverra" | Roman | One of the three symbolic beings, Pilumnus, Intercidona, and Deverra, whose influence was sought by the Romans at the birth of a child, as a protection for the mother against the vexations of Sylvåñuś. Roman |