Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Candogra (fierce and terrible)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. A distinct form of DURGA and one of a group of nine NAVADURGAS (nine durgas).... |
Goddess name "Candra" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Planet god. Personified by the moon and also seen as a dikpala or guardian of the northern direction. Consorts include KAUMUDI, TARA and the NAKSATRAS or astral goddesses. His son is BUDHA. He drives in a chariot drawn by ten white horses. Color: white. Attributes: club, lotus, sacred rope and prayer wheel. The term candra usually refers to the cup containing the sacrificial yellow beverage SOMA, often a synonym for the deity. Candra is also the apotheosis of the pale yellow moon disc. 2. Planet god. Buddhist. Attended by a goose. Color: white. Attributes: moon disc on a lotus.... |
Goddess name "Candra Kirana" | Hindu | An incarnation of Dewi Ratih, a goddess of love. Hindu |
Goddess name "Cenaaianiyammai (lady of the red paddyfield)" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Local goddess. Guardian of paddyfields in southern India.... |
Goddess name "Cenkalaniyammal" | Hindu | Local goddess who guards the maize fields Hindu. |
Goddess name "Chamunda" | Hindu | An emanation from the forehead of the goddess Durga to encounter the demons Chanda and Munda. Hindu |
Goddess name "Chanda aka Chandi" | Hindu | The goddess Durga in the form she åśśumed for the destruction of the Asura called Mahisha. Hindu |
Goddess name "Chaya" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Chaya (shadow)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The reflec tion of the goddess SANJNA, consort of SURYA and mother of the astral deity SANI.... |
Goddess name "Chinnamastaka" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Goddess, a headless form of Durga. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Chinnamastaka (decapitated)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. A headless form of DURGA. Also one of a group of ten MAHAVIDYAS, goddesses of great knowledge personifying the SAKTI of SI IVA. She may be depicted holding her head in her hands. Aspects include VIRARATRI. Attributes: scimitar, skull. Also Chinnamasta.... |
Goddess name "Citra" | Hindu | Minor goddess of misfortune and a malevolent astral deity Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Citra (bright)" | Hindu / epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
Goddess name "Danu" | Hindu | Primordial goddess Hindu / Vedic |
Goddess name "Daya" | Hindu / Puranic | A goddess who oddly enough is considered a minor aspect of the god of Visnu |
Goddess name "Daya (compåśśion)" | Hindu / Puranic / A SAKTI of Acyuta / never falling / , a minor aspect of the god VIS NU | Goddess. Decima... |
Goddess name "Devaki" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Mother goddess. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Devaki (divine)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. Daughter of Devaka and consort of the mythical king VASUDEVA, Devaki bore eight sons, including KRSNA and BALARAMA. Her brother Kamsa believed that the eighth child would kill him and he slaughtered the first six sons. In order to save the remaining two, VISNU implanted the seed of his avataras in Devaki's womb (in the form of hairs from his head), before transferring Balarama to the womb of the goddess ROHINI and Krsna to Yasoda, the wife of a cowherd, Nanda.... |