| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Ugaracandika" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A distinctive form of a goddess Durga |
| Goddess name "Ugracandika (violent Canda)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of NAVADURGAS, the nine durgas.... |
| Goddess name "Ugratara (violent Tara)" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. A terrible deity who carries a cup and a corpse upon her head.... |
"Ulupi" | Hindu | One of Arjuna's wives who abducted him and carried him to the underworld. Hindu |
| Demon name "Uma" | Hindu | Consort of Siva, famous for her defeat of the army of Chanda and Munda, two demons. She is represented as holding the head of Chanda in one of her four hands, and trampling on Munda. The heads of the army., strung into a necklace, adorn her body, and a girdle of the same surrounds her waist. Hindu |
| God name "Upulvan (like the blue lotus)" | Singhalese / Sri Lanka | Local god. The most senior of the four great gods of the Singhalese pantheon. Identified with VIS NU, according to one tradition his specific task was to protect the culture of Sri Lanka from Buddhism. Conversely he stood by Gautama BUDDHA against the Hindu MARA.... |
| Goddess name "Urjani" | Hindu | Goddess of physical prowess and strength Hindu |
| Goddess name "Usas" | Hindu | A beneficient goddess who produces daylight and urges men to their works. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Usas" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the dawn. The daughter of Dyaus and, according to some texts, the consort of the Sun god SURYA. An auspicious deity, Usas brings the dawn, heralding Surya, and drives away darkness. She is the all-seeing eye of the gods. In the Rg Veda she is depicted as a beautiful young virginal figure who rides in a hundred chariots. She sets all things in motion and can render strength and fame to her devotees. In addition to being perceived as a sky goddess, she is also drawn as a mother goddess in the guise of a cow. Epithets include mother of the gods and mother of cows. She is invoked to give the boon of longevity, but a more malignant aspect reveals her as a huntress who wastes human life. Usas sometimes enjoys a domestic worship as a guardian hearth goddess who drives away darkness and evil spirits. She disappears, however, from the later traditions of Hinduism.... |
| Goddess name "Uttara Bhadrapada" | Hindu | A goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's servants. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Uttara Palguni" | Hindu | Minor goddess of healing and disease. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Uttarabhadrapada" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A minor goddess of fortune |
| Goddess name "Uttarabhadrapada" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Goddess name "Uttarapalguni" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A minor goddess |
| Goddess name "Uttaraphalguni" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Goddess name "Uttarasadha" | Hindu | Minor goddess of fortune revered by seers and poets, by gods and then by men. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Uttarasadha" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
"Vac" | Hindu | The personification of the sacred river, the Sarasvati. Hindu |
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