| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Ksama (patience)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess. One of the daughters of DAKSA. Attribute: trident.... |
| God name "Ksetrapala" | Hindu / Puranic | God of påśśage. Form of the god BHAIRAVA specifically designated as a guardian deity of doorways. Also regarded as a tutelary deity in Saivite temples. Stands upon a lotus and possesses a number of attributes.... |
| God name "Kubera" | Hindu / Puranic / Vedic / Epic | He is the guardian of the north as well as a god of riches |
| Spirit name "Kubera (misshapen)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | (1) God of riches. He was originally the head of the YAKSAS spirits of the Forests, but by Puranic times was åśśociated with wealth and productivity. He is also a dikpala guardian of the northern quarter. The son of Pulastya and Idavida, his consorts include Yaksi, VASUDHARA and Vriddhi. Identified with the city of Alaka. He is depicted as a dwarfish figure riding upon a Brahman or a chariot. Color: white. Attributes: generally carrying a purse, but occasionally with various other items. Also Kuvera, Kauveri.(2) God of riches. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire. Also a dikpala or guardian of the northern quarter. Color: yellow. Attributes: ax, banner, club, cup, hook, Ichneumon disgorging jewels, noose, reliquary and occasionally a trident.... |
| Goddess name "Kubjika" | Hindu | Goddess of writing Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kubjika (hump-back)" | Hindu | Goddess of writing. Personification of the thirty-two Tantric syllables.... |
| Goddess name "Kubuddhi" | Hindu | Minor goddess whose name means stupid, she ran around with Gansea Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kubuddhi (stupid)" | Hindu | Minor goddess. One of the consorts of GANESA.... |
| God name "Kuladevata (family god)" | Hindu | Generic name of a household god. The god is chosen by a family to be their guardian deity and they all åśśemble at his temple, as and when necessary, for worship. Also Kulanayaka.... |
| Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | The family Goddess. Another name for Durga. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | Goddess. The female equivalent of a KULADEVATA.... |
| God name "Kulika (of good family)" | Hindu | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS. Attributes: rosary and water jar. Three-eyed.... |
| God name "Kumari" | Hindu | A name of Skanda, god of war. In the Brahmanas the term is applied to Agni. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kumari (virgin)" | Hindu | Goddess. Generally recognized to be an epithet of DURGA. Worshiped at a famous temple on the southernmost tip of India at Cape Comorin. Also known in Nepal, where a small girl provides an earthly incarnation of the goddess.... |
| Demon name "Kurma" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Avatar of Visnu. In the form of a tortoise he placed himself at the bottom of the sea of milk, and made his back the base or pivot of the mountain Mandara. The gods and demons twisted the great serpent Vasuki round the mountain' and, dividing into two parties, each took an end of the snake as a rope, and thus churned the sea until they recovered the desired objects. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Deities name "Kurma(vatara)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The second avatara of Vis'nu, Kurma appears in the form of a tortoise which acts as a pivot for the mountainous churning rod the gods employ to make ambrosia from the primal sea of milk after the flood. Kurma is depicted with a human torso surmounting a tortoise shell. Vis'nu is said to have appeared in this form in order to recover some of the possessions lost during the deluge. Attributes: club, conch, lotus and prayer wheel. Also the name for a vehicle of various deities.... |
| Goddess name "Kurukalla" | Hindu | A goddess, one of the Tantric deities |
| Goddess name "Kurukalla" | Hindu | Goddess, one of the Tantric deities Hindu |
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