| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| 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.... |
"KRSNA" | Hindu | Incarnation of Vishnu known as the dark one Hindu / Puranic / Tamil / Epic |
"KRSNA/ Kannan" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic / Tamil | An incarnation of Vishnu known as the dark one |
| Demon name "Kabandha" | Hindu | The chief demon of the Ramayana. Indra zapped him with a thunderbolt. Hindu |
| 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.... |
"Kacha" | Hindu | A disciple of Sukra who learnt the mystic power of restoring the dead to life. Hindu |
"Kadru" | Hindu | The mother of a thousand powerful many-headed serpents and many other fierce and venomous serpents. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kadru (russet)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. One of the daughters of DAKSA, consort of KASYAPA and mother of the nagas (snake demons).... |
| Demon name "Kaitabha and Madhu" | Hindu | Kaitabha and Madhu were two horrible demons who, according to Mahabharata and the sprang from the ear of Vishnu while he was asleep. Hindu |
"Kala" | Hindu | A name of Yama, the judge of the dead. In the Atharva-Veda Time is addressed as the source and ruler of all things. Hindu |
| 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.... |
"Kalaka" | Hindu | A daughter of Daksha, married to Kasyapa, and bore him 60,000 distinguished Danavas, called Paulomas and Kalakanjas, who were powerful, ferocious, and cruel. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kalavikaniika" | Hindu / Puranic | Fever goddess. Attributes include a cup or skull.... |
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