Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Devasena" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Devasena (heavenly host)" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. One of the consorts of SKANDA who normally stands to his left. Attribute: lotus in the left hand.... |
Goddess name "Devi" | Hindu | A twelve armed warrior goddess |
Goddess name "Devi" | Hindu | Twelve armed warrior goddess. Hindu |
Goddess name "Devi (the goddess)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess epitomizing the active female principle. Devi evolved as a major goddess out of the older notion of mother and vegetation goddesses. She is seen more as an abstract principle who will nevertheless respond directly to worshipers' prayers. By the fifth century AD she appears in many forms as the active (feminine) aspect or power of male deities. General attributes: conch, hook, noose, prayer wheel and trident. Devi is also the generic name given to a female deity, in her capacity as the consort of a god or DEVA.See also SRI(DEVI), BHUMIDEVI.... |
Goddess name "Dhanistha" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune to and malevolent astral deity. Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Dhanistha (very rich)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Also SRAVISTHA.... |
Goddess name "Dharani (earth)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. Consort of PARASURAMA and an avatara of the goddess LAKSMI.(2) Collective name for a group of deities. Buddhist. Twelve personifications of a particular kind of short mystical religious text used as a charm. Also dharini.... |
Goddess name "Dharti Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Dharti Mata" | Hindu / Puranic | Mother goddess. A deity who appears late in Hinduism and equates with PRTHIVI or BHUMIDEVI. According to some authors she is the consort of THAKUR DEO. Also Dhartri Mai, Darti Awwal.... |
Goddess name "Dhatar (creator)" | Hindu / Puranic | Sun god. An original Vedic list of six descendants of the goddess ADITI or Adityas, all of whom take the role of Sun gods was, in later times, enlarged to twelve, including Dhatar. Color: golden. Attributes: two lotuses, lotus rosary and waterjar. Also Dhatr.... |
Goddess name "Dhisana" | Hindu | Minor goddess of prosperity Hindu |
Goddess name "Dhisana" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth. Also the name given to a bowl of fermented drink or soma.... |
Goddess name "Dhumavati" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Dhumavati (smoky)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. One of a group of ten MAHAVIDYAS personifying the SAKTI of S IVA. Aspects include Darunaratri (night of frustration), who is also regarded as one of the personifications of the goddess Sakti.... |
Goddess name "Dhumorna" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Dhumorna (smoke)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The consort of YAMA. Attribute: a pomegranate.... |
Goddess name "Dhumravati" | Hindu | Rather terrible goddess, walks around with a skull in the hand Hindu / Puranic |