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Goddess name "Karttiki" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Karttiki" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of a group of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS.... |
"Kasyapa" | Hindu | Having åśśumed the form of a tortoise, Prajapati created offspring. That which he created he made; hence the word kurma (tortoise). Kasyapa means tortoise; hence men say, 'All creatures are descendants of Kasyapa.' This tortoise is the same as Aditya. Hindu / Puranic / Vedic |
Demon name "Kasyapa (deriving from the Sanskrit for tortoise)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Primordial god. In Vedic literature a Divine demiurge and father of mankind, snake demons, DEVAS etc. His name stems, arguably, from the notion of the cosmos as a giant tortoise. He has had thirteen consorts. In other texts he is the father of the god NARADA who consorted with one of the daughters of DAKSA. Also PRAJAPATI.... |
Deities name "Kataragama" | Tamil / Sri Lanka | Tutelary god. One of four great national deities and equating to the Hindu god SKANDA. Also Ceyon.... |
Goddess name "Katayana" | Hindu | Form the goddess Durga or Parvati Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Katyayani" | Hindu | Form of the goddess of Durga or Parvati Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Katyayarii" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the goddess DURGA or PARVATI. Parvati, as the ascetic KALI, possessed a black skin. When SIVA ridiculed her she cast it off, and it was subsequently filled with the combined brilliance of the gods to create Katyayani. Her attendant animal is a lion or tiger.... |
Goddess name "Kaumari" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. The SAKTI of SKANDA (Kaumara) who in later Hinduism became regarded as one of a group of seven MATARAS (mothers) of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. She embodies lack of envy or, alternatively, delusion. Her animal is a peaçõçk. Attributes: arrow, ax, bell, Book, bow, çõçkerel, lotus, spear, staff and waterjar.... |
Goddess name "Kaumauri" | Hindu | Goddess who later became considered a goddess of evil intent Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Kaumudi" | Hindu | Goddess of the light of the moon Hindu |
Goddess name "Kaumudi (moonlight)" | Hindu | Goddess of the light of the moon. The consort of CANDRA.... |
"Kausika" | Hindu | A devotee mentioned in the Mahabharata as having gone to a hell of torment for having pointed out to robbers a road by which they pursued and killed some persons who fled from them. Hindu |
"Kehama" | Hindu | A Hindu rajah who obtains and sports with supernatural powers. |
God name "Kesava" | Hindu | This God is a minor avatar of Visnu |
"Kesava (long-haired)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor avatara of VISINU. His SAKTI is KIRTI.... |
God name "Khadau" | Hindu | A pair of wooden sandles once worn by the hindu god Ram. Bharat placed them symbolically on Ayodhya's throne. Amur, Siberia |
God name "Khandoba" | Hindu | Form of the god Siva Hindu |