| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Hanuman/ Hanumat" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Chief minister & general of the monkey people as well as a patron saint of learning |
"Hanumat" | Hindu | The fleet-footed manifestation of wind. Hindu |
"Hara" | Hindu / Puranic | Avatar of Siva. Hindu / Puranic |
"Hara (destroyer)" | Hindu / Puranic | Epithet of SI IVA. Also one of the EKADASARUDRAS (eleven rudras).... |
"Hardaul" | Hindu | The patron of unmarried girls and brides who ensures respectively the marriage and wellbeing in the married life. Hindu |
| God name "Hardaul" | Hindu | Plague god, also a wedding god. A locally worshiped deity known particularly in Bundelkhand, northern India, as a protector against cholera and considered to have been an historical figure who died in AD 1627.... |
| God name "Hari (yellowish brown)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor incarnation of the god V IS'NU. Popularized by modern religious movements, Hari is one of the sons of the god DHARMA who sprang from the heart of BRAHMA. He is most closely linked with KRSNA, but he and Krsna also parallel Dharma's other sons, NARA and NARAYANA. Hari can be a more generic epithet applied to several Hindu gods.... |
| Goddess name "Hariti (green or stealing)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Mother goddess. One of the group of MATARAS (mothers) who are the patrons of children. Considered by some to be identical with the goddess Vriddhi. Her consort is Pancika, alternatively KUBERA. In her destructive aspect she steals and eats children. Particularly known from the north and northwest of India. Attribute: a child may be held at her hip, sometimes being eaten.(2) Plague goddess. Buddhist. Associated with smallpox. Also regarded in some texts as the goddess of fertility.... |
| Goddess name "Harsa" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu |
| Goddess name "Harsa (desire)" | Hindu | Goddess. The SAKTI of the god HRSIKESA.... |
| Goddess name "Hasta" | Hindu | Minor benevolent goddess of fortune Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Hasta (band)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA or astral goddess; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Goddess name "Hatthi" | Hindu | Plague goddess. Particularly åśśociated with cholera in northwestern India.... |
| Goddess name "Hatti" | Hindu | A plague goddess åśśociated with cholera |
| Goddess name "Hatti" | Hindu | Plague goddess åśśociated with cholera Hindu |
"Hayagriva" | Hindu | Incarnation of Vishnu Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
"Hayagriva" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | The most important incarnation of Vishnu |
| Demon name "Hayagriva (horse neck)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) The most significant minor incarnation of the god VIS'NU. He probably originated as a horse god and later became an avatara åśśociated with wisdom and knowledge. At the behest of BRAHMA, Hayagriva rescued the Vedas, stolen by two demons, from the bottom of the primeval ocean. Depicted in human form with the head of a horse and, according to the texts, eight hands. Attributes: Book (Veda), horse's mane and rosary. Also the attributes of Vis'nu. Also Hayasirsa, Vadavavaktra.(2) Patron god of horses. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire, he is considered to be an emanation of AKSOBHYA or AMITABHA. His SAKTI is MARICI. Color: red. Attributes: horse heads, staff and trident, but also arrow, ax, banner, bow, club, flames, flower, image of Aksobhya or Amitabha on the crown, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, skin, snakes, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
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