Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Mrgasiras (head of a gazelle)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA, wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
Goddess name "Mula" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
God name "Munisvara" | Hindu | Deified saint. Technically a demigod but worshiped as a deity by Dravidians in southern India. Also Municami (Tamil).... |
God name "Murukan" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Hunting and war god. Identified with the Hindu god SKANDA. His vehicle is an elephant or a peaçõçk. Color: red. Attributes: spear and staff with gar land.... |
Deities name "Nagaraja" | Hindu | Snake god. The generic title of a deity equating with the terms mahoraga (great serpent) or nagadeva. Such deities were worshiped in India as early as the Indus Valley civilization (prior to 1700 BC).... |
Goddess name "Nagini" | Jain / India | Goddess. The counterpart of the Hindu goddess MANASA.... |
God name "Naigameya" | Hindu | God. Either the son or the brother of the god SKANDA. Generally depicted with the head of a goat.... |
Goddess name "Naksatara[s]" | Hindu | A group of astral goddesses |
Goddess name "Naksataras" | Hindu | Group of astral goddesses. Hindu |
Goddess name "Naksatra(s)" | Hindu | Generic title for a group of astral goddesses. Stars or constellations which became personified as deities, accounted as twenty-seven daughters of DAKSA and consorts of CANDRA or SOMA. They can exert benign or evil influence.... |
God name "Nan-Sgrub (the black one)" | Buddhist / Tibet | God. Possibly a counterpart of the Hindu god KALA. In Lamaism he is a form of YAMA. He stands upon a man. Color: dark blue. Attributes: cup and knife.... |
God name "Nandi(n) (rejoicing)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Bull god. Generally åśśociated with S IVA as a bull-vehicle and an embodiment of fertility. Color: white. The image usually stands in an anteroom of the temple guarding the place where the statue of S iva is located. A S iva devotee touches the image's testicles on entry to a shrine. In anthropomorphic form he may be known as Nandisa.... |
God name "Nandi[n]" | Hindu | Bull god Hindu |
Goddess name "Nappinnai" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Local goddess. Consort of KRSNA. Mentioned in the Vaisnavite and Saivite literature, the Krsna-Nappinnai cult was prominent in Tamil-speaking areas of southern India in the seventh to ninth centuries. According to tradition Krsna wed Nappinnai after a bullbaiting contest during which he took on and defeated seven bulls. Nappinnai may be a localized form of Sri-Laksmi. Also Pinnai.... |
God name "Nara" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Minor incarnation of the god of Visnu |
God name "Nara (man)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor incarnation(s) of the god VISNU. Some authorities place these as separate avataras, but they are usually linked.... |
God name "Naraaana" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Creator god. More or less synonymous with VIS'NU, but specifically describing the embodiment of the abode of man. He is said to have sucked his toe while sailing the primeval ocean on a banana leaf, until his own inspiration created the world. Often depicted supported by the bird god GARUDA.See also NARA.... |
God name "Narasinha" | Hindu | Another incarnation of the god Visnu. Hindu |