Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Istadevata" | Hindu | Generic title for a personal god or a house icon Hindu |
God name "Istadevata" | Hindu | A favourite god a person chooses to show devotion and develop a special relationship with. Hindu |
Spirit name "Istadevata" | Hindu | (1) Generic title of a personal god. The name given to a deity chosen by an individual for special worship in return for protection and spiritual guidance. Also the name given to a household icon.(2) Tutelary god. Buddhist, particularly in Tibet. The personal deity of one preparing for Tantric initiation.... |
Supreme god name "Isvara" | Hindu / Puranic | Epithet of the god SIVA. In Sanskrit designated the supreme god who rules the universe. The generic title of a Hindu's personal high god. In Buddhism the name of a YAKSA attending the eleventh tirthankara.... |
God name "Itztlacoliuhqui" | Aztec | Everything Has Become Bent by Means of Coldness, or "Plant-Killer-Frost". The god of frost. Aztec |
Goddess name "Ix Chebel Yax" | Mayan | Goddess of teaching, childbirth, the moon, sexual relations, storms and water Mayan |
Goddess name "Izanagi-No-Kami (his augustness the one who invites)" | Shinto / Japan | Creator god. One of seventeen beings involved in creation. His consort is IZANAMI-NO-KAMI. They are strictly of Japanese origin with no Chinese or Buddhist influence. Jointly they are responsible to the other fifteen primordial deities to make, consolidate and give birth to this drifting land. The reference, in the Kojiki sacred text, is to the reed beds which were considered to float on the primal waters. The pair were granted a heavenly jeweled spear and they stood upon the floating bridge of heaven, stirring the waters with the spear. When the spear was pulled up, the brine which dripped from it created the island of Onogoro, the first dry land, believed to be the island of Nu-Shima on the southern coast of Awagi. According to mythology, the pair created two beings, a son HIRUKO and an island Ahaji. They generated the remaining fourteen islands which make up Japan and then set about creating the rest of the KAMI pantheon. Izanagi's most significant offspring include AMATERASU, the Sun goddess, born from his nose and SUSANOWO, the storm god, born from his left eye, who are the joint rulers of the universe. Also IzanagiNo-Mikoto.... |
God name "Izanagi/ Izanagi No Kami" | Japan / Shinto | One of the 17 creator gods & the male primeval god |
Goddess name "Izanami-No-Kami (her augustness the one who invites)" | Shinto / Japan | Creator goddess. See IZANAGINO-KAMI for full details. Izanami was burned to death by the birth of the fire god HI-NO-KAGUTSUCHI, after which the eight thunders sprang from her corpse. Also Izanami-No-Mikoto.... |
Goddess name "Izanami-No-Kami/ Izamnami" | Japan / Shinto | A creator goddess who died and giving birth to the fire god as well as the primeval female goddess |
Goddess name "Jagadhamba" | Hindu | She Who dances the dance of life. The goddess of the cosmic energy which motivates evolution. Hindu |
God name "Jagganath/ Juggernaut" | Hindu | The god whose name means Lord of the world |
God name "Jambhala (devouring)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA, RATNASAMBHAVA or Vajrasattva, or a collective emanation of the five DHYANIBUDDHAS, he is the equal of the Hindu god KUBERA. His SAKTI is VASUDHARA and he may stand upon a man or a conch. Color: blue or white. Attributes: arrow, bow, cup, hook, Ichneumon fly, image of Aksobhya in the hair, jewel, noose, other jewels, staff, sword and trident. Threeheaded, each head representing one of the three named Dhyanibuddhas.... |
Goddess name "Jara" | Hindu | Goddess of the household, domestic health, happiness and prosperity. The night-eater of corpses. Hindu |
Goddess name "Jaya-Vijaya" | Hindu | Twin goddess, possibly forms of Durga Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
God name "Jayakara (victorious)" | Buddhist | God. Probably of Hindu derivation, he rides in a carriage drawn by çõçkatoos. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, garland and wine glåśś.... |
God name "Jayanta" | Hindu | God who is one of the 11 forms of the god Rudra Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
God name "Jayanta (victorious)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | God. One of the sons of INDRA, and one of the eleven EKADASARUDRAS or forms of the god RUDRA. Attributes: arrow, ax, bow, club, cup, drum, hammer, hook, prayer wheel, rosary, spear, trident and waterjar.... |