Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Pansahi Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess. A SAKTI and one of seven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, inflicting sickness on children under the age of seven. Particularly known from Bengal.... |
"Paradise of Fools" | Roman | The Hindus, Mahometans, Scandinavians, and Roman Catholics have devised a place between Paradise and "Purgatory" to get rid of a theological difficulty. If there is no sin without intention, then infants and idiots cannot commit sin, and if they die cannot be consigned to the purgatory of evil-doers; but, not being believers or good-doers, they cannot be placed with the saints. The Roman Catholics place them in the Paradise of infants and the Paradise of Fools. |
Deities name "Paramasva" | Buddhist | Great horse god usually depicted trampling four major Hindu deities underfoot. Buddhist |
Deities name "Paramasva (great horse)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. Considered to be a form of HAYAGRIVA depicted with four legs and trampling the four major Hindu deities underfoot. Color: red. Attributes: arrow, bow, head of a horse, great lotus, lotus, staff and sword. Threeeyed.... |
God name "Parasurama" | Hindu | Incarnation of the god of Visnu. Hindu |
Demon name "Parasurama (Rama-with-the-ax)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The sixth avatara of Vis'nu (see also RAMA) in which form he saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. According to legend, Rama, the son of a wise man, became a skilled bowman and in gratitude he went to the Himalaya where he stayed, devoting himself to SIVA. His consort is DHARANI. Though without his bow, Rama acted as a champion of the gods in a war against the demons and was rewarded with an ax. In another legend, Vis'nu took the form of Parasurama to rid the world of despotic rulers. This avatara appears in human form, with two arms and with an ax in the right hand. Other attributes: arrow, bow, knife, skin and sword. Also Parasuramavatara.... |
Goddess name "Parendi" | Hindu | Minor goddess of prosperity åśśociated with acçúɱulating wealth. Hindu |
Goddess name "Parendi" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth.... |
God name "Parjanya" | Hindu | God of Rain and the personification of Rain clouds. Hindu |
God name "Parjanya (rain giver)" | Hindu / Vedic | God of Rain. Became replaced by, or syncretized with, INDRA in later Hinduism, but in the Vedas he is seen as a god of gentle, fructifying Rain. May be regarded as an ADITYA.... |
Goddess name "Parvati" | Hindu | A Hindu goddess. She is the wife of Lord Shiva and the Divine mother of Lord Ganesh and Lord Murugan. Some communities also believe her to be the Divine sister of Lord Vishnu |
Goddess name "Parvati/ Sakti/ Ahladini-Sadini/ Sati/ Uma" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic / India | A goddess of the mountains |
God name "Pasupati" | Hindu | God of animals and the protector of cattle. Hindu |
God name "Pasupati (lord of animals)" | Hindu / India | God of animals. His consort is Svaha and his son is SANMUKHA. He is thought to have been derived from an earlier pre-Indo Aryan deity worshiped by the Indus Valley civilization as a horned god with three faces, sitting surrounded by animals. In Hindu culture regarded as an aspect of S IVA and depicted standing upon a corpse.... |
Goddess name "Pattinidevi (queen of goddesses)" | Hindu / Singhalese / Sri Lanka | Mother goddess. A deification of Kannaki, the consort of Kovolan who, according to ancient Tamil tradition, journeyed to the town of Madurai to sell a gold anklet. Through trickery she was convicted of theft and executed, but was canonized. According to another tradition, she was born from a mango pierced by a sacred arrow. In southern India and Sri Lanka a goddess of chastity and fidelity in marriage. Also a guardian against diseases, including measles and smallpox. She is åśśociated with fire-walking rituals. Attributes: cobra-hood behind the head, and a lotus.... |
Spirit name "Paurnamasi" | Hindu | The mother of Sandipani Muni, the spiritual master of Krishna. Paurnamasi makes the arrangements for Radha and Krishna's pastimes. Hindu |
God name "Pavana" | Hindu | God of the winds, said to be the father of Hanumat or Hanuman, the monkey king who becomes Rama's helper in the Ramayana. Hindu |
God name "Pavana (purifier)" | Hindu | God of the winds. His consort is Anjana. Also VAYU.... |