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God name "Jayanta" | Hindu | God who is one of the 11 forms of the god Rudra Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
God name "Jayanta (victorious)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | God. One of the sons of INDRA, and one of the eleven EKADASARUDRAS or forms of the god RUDRA. Attributes: arrow, ax, bow, club, cup, drum, hammer, hook, prayer wheel, rosary, spear, trident and waterjar.... |
God name "Juggernaut or Jaggernaut" | Crow | The Hindu god Jagganath. The word is a corruption of the Sanscrit jagannatha (lord of the world). The temple of this god is in a town of the same name in Orissa. king Ayeen Akbery sent a learned Brahman to look out a site for a temple. The Brahman wandered about for many days, and then saw a crow dive into the water, and having washed, made obeisance to the element. This was selected as the site of the temple. While the temple was a-building the rajah had a prophetic dream, telling him that the true form of Vishnu should be revealed to him in the morning. When the rajah went to see the temple he beheld a log of wood in the water, and this log he accepted as the realisation of his dream, enshrined it in the temple, and called it Jagannath. |
God name "Jvaraharisvara (lord of fever)" | Hindu | Plague god. Associated with malaria, particularly in Bengal.... |
God name "Jvartaharisvara" | Hindu | A plague god åśśociated with malaria |
Goddess name "Jw" | Buddhist | Ja'u, Jawi. Possibly a part of the syncretistic Agami Jawi. Many Hindu-Buddhist gods, called dewata with Sanskrit names, are incorporated in Agami Jawi. Dewi Sri comes from Sri, the consort of Vishnu, and in Java is the goddess of fertility and rice. |
Goddess name "Jyeshtha" | Hindu | Goddess of bad luck, revenge and dark magic. Hindu |
Goddess name "Jyrstha" | Hindu / Puranic / earlier | Goddess of misfortune. The elder sister of the goddess LAKSMI, Jyestha personifies poverty and is depicted with a large belly and long nose. In earlier Hinduism she was worshiped particularly in southern India. Also a NAKSATRA of evil influence; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Her animal is an åśś. Attributes: arrow, banner with crow, cup, blue lotus, hair-ornament and staff.... |
Demon name "Kacchapesvara (lord of the tortoise)" | Hindu / Puranic | God. An epithet of S IVA. In certain artworks, particularly those inscribed on linga stones, VIS NU, in his aspect of KURMA(VATARA), the tortoise, is depicted worshiping S iva. These illustrations were designed by Saivites as part of a propaganda exercise to demonstrate the superiority of S iva over Vis nu.... |
Goddess name "Kadru (russet)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. One of the daughters of DAKSA, consort of KASYAPA and mother of the nagas (snake demons).... |
God name "Kala" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | God of death. An epithet of YAMA and occasionally of S IVA. Also the personification of time in the Atbarvaveda.... |
Goddess name "Kala-Bhadra" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of death. An auspicious attendant of funerals who is invoked in burial grounds in order to safeguard the påśśage of the dead to the otherworld. She is sometimes referred to as Karala-Bhadra.... |
Deities name "Kalacakra (time wbeel)" | Buddhist / Mahayana / / Lamaist / Tibet | Tutelary god. One of a group of yi-dam tutelary deities chosen on a basis of personal selection. Perceived as time in the form of a CAKRA (rotating wheel) and one who dominates the Hindu gods KAMA and RUDRA. SAKTI with two to four heads. Color: blue. Attributes: a large variety held in up to twenty-four hands. Typically four-headed.... |
Goddess name "Kalavikaniika" | Hindu / Puranic | Fever goddess. Attributes include a cup or skull.... |
Goddess name "Kalavikarnika" | Hindu | Fever goddess Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Kali" | Hindu | Goddess of cemeteries, destruction and death who helped dance the universe into existence Hindu / Puranic / India |
Goddess name "Kali" | Hindu / Puranic / India | A goddess of cemeteries, destruction & death that helped dance the universe into existence |
God name "Kaligii-Rudna (the funerary fire Rudra)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor god. A violent representation of SIVA who is attendant at cremations and whose warlike attributes include sword, shield, bow and arrow.... |