| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Marutgana" | Hindu / Vedic | storm gods. The sons of RUDRA and attendants of INDRA. Also Maruts.... |
| God name "Marutgana/ Maruts" | Hindu / Vedic | storm gods |
| Goddess name "Mata" | Hindu | Primeval mother goddess Hindu |
| Goddess name "Mata (great mother)" | Hindu | Primeval mother goddess. The archetypal progenitrix of all living things. She becomes the tutelary goddess of every village in northern India, but is also seen as a plague goddess åśśociated with smallpox, in which case her epithet becomes Maha Mai. Her Tamil counterpart is Amman.... |
| Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess applied to the Divine mothers Hindu |
| Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess. Applied collectively to groups of deities, the Divine mothers, also more specifically to the consort of the god KASYAPA. As Divine mothers they are also regarded as SAKTIS. The numbers vary according to separate traditions and they are therefore identified as the SAPTAMATARAS (seven), ASTAMATARAS (eight) and NAVASAKTIS (nine). Less commonly there may be up to fifty mataras in a group. Their images are normally carved in stone (very few exist in metal) and they are depicted seated, often upon a corpse, and may be of terrifying appearance.... |
| God name "Matarisvan" | Hindu | Minor messenger god Hindu / Epic |
| God name "Matarisvan" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor messenger god. The attendant of AGNI.... |
| God name "Matsya" | Hindu | Incarnation of the god Visnu Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Demon name "Matsya" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. In this first avatara Vis'nu appears as a fish which, according to one legend, tows a ship carrying the law-giver MANU to safety after the primal flood. Matsya engages in an epic battle with the demon HAYAGRIVA who stole the Vedas from a sleeping BRAHMA. Usually depicted with a human torso carrying symbols, e.g. wheel and conch, on a fish's body.... |
| God name "Maturaiviran" | Hindu | Locally worshipped god with an interesting story Hindu |
| God name "Maturaiviran" | Hindu | Locally worshiped god. Of fearsome character, he is the deification of a seventeenth century policeman who eloped with a princess and was slain. Known from southern India, where he is also a god of wine. Attributes: shield and sword.... |
| Goddess name "Maya" | Hindu | A goddess of illusion |
| Goddess name "Maya(devi)" | Buddhist | Mother goddess. The mother of the BUDDHA perceived as the world lotus or PADMA from which the Buddha was born. She equates with the Hindu goddess LAKSMI. The term is also applied to the personification of the visible universe and, in Hinduism, as an epithet of the goddess DURGA.... |
| Goddess name "Mayan" | Hindu | Goddess of illusion Hindu |
| God name "Meghanada (cloud roar)" | Hindu | Minor god. A son of Ravana who once briefly bested INDRA and became known as the Indra-conqueror.... |
| God name "Meghanda" | Hindu | Minor god Hindu |
| Goddess name "Mena" | Hindu | Goddess of mountains Hindu |
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