Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Rohini" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A minor goddess of fortune |
Goddess name "Rohini (red)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). She is the mother of BUDHA.(2) Goddess of learning. Jain. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Rudracandra" | Hindu | Distinct form of the goddess Durga. Hindu |
Goddess name "Rudracandra" | Hindu | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of nine NAVADURGAS, known as the nine durgas.... |
Goddess name "Rudracarcika" | Hindu / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARAS, alternatively a variety of the goddess DURGA.... |
Goddess name "Rudrani" | Hindu | Goddess. An epithet of DURGA, impersonated by a young pre-menstrual girl in the Durga festivals.... |
Goddess name "Rukmini" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A goddess who is avatar of Laksmi among other things |
Goddess name "Rukmini (witb gold ornaments)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The daughter of Bhismaka, she is the first consort of KRSNA and typically stands to his right. Her son is KAMA. She is also an avatara of LAKSMI. Attribute: a lotus. Also Rukmabayi.... |
Goddess name "Sandhya" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Sanjna" | Hindu | Goddess of warriors Hindu daughter of the celestial architect Tvastra disguised herself as a horse and fled from her husband. When he caught her, they produced the Ashwini Kumaras, the horse-headed twins. Each day the twins bring the dawn as their chariot speeds through the sky. Hindu |
Goddess name "Sanjna (conscience)" | Hindu | Goddess. The daughter of TVASTAR, a consort of SURYA and, in some texts, the mother of YAMA.... |
Goddess name "Sanju" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Harvest goddess. A littlereported deity, the consort of the war god GISH and daughter of SANU. She controls the harvesting, threshing and winnowing of grain and the safe storage of wheat and butter. She carries a golden winnow and is either depicted in human form or as a goat. Her cult is known chiefly from the village of Pronz in the southern Hindukush where she enjoyed an important sanctuary with stone seats around the icon, part of which reportedly still exists. Wooden statues depict her in human form, nude to the waist. Alternatively, she is perceived as a bird that acts as a messenger. The blood of sacrificial animals was poured over the figure. Also Sulmech; SANU.... |
Goddess name "Sankari" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Sankari" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of the SAPTAMATARAS.... |
Goddess name "Santa" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Santa (appeased)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who is one of a group of both SAPTAMATARA and ASTAMATARA mothers. Also CAMUNDA.... |
Goddess name "Santana" | Hindu | Minor goddess Hindu |
Goddess name "Santi (peace of mind)" | Hindu | Goddess. The consort of TRIVIKRAMA.... |