| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Vahguru or Waheguru" | India | The Wonderful Lord, the infinite creator. Sikh, India |
"Vaikuntha" | Hindu / Puranic | Aspect of VISNU. Vis'nu is depicted under this title residing in his own heaven, known as Vaikuntha. He is seen with four heads in an attribute known as caturmukha, where the central head is human, that to the left is Sakti, to the right NARASINHA, and facing behind, VARAHA. As such Vis'nu's vehicle is either the mythical bird, GARUDA, or he reposes on the serpent ANANTA (SESA). The aspect may also be known as Trailokyamohana.... |
| Deities name "Vaimanika" | Jain / India | The generic title for a group of deities |
| Deities name "Vaimanika" | Jain / India | Generic title for a group of deities. A clåśś of gods said to be borne by, or living within, a flying palace, the vimana.... |
"Vaimanika deities" | Jain | The lunar mansions, and the Daityas the first and lowest rank of the existences caused by Goodness. Jain |
"Vainamoinen" | Finnish | The central character in the Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala. He was described as an old and wise man, and he possessed a potent, magical voice. |
| God name "Vairacocha" | Inca | The creator god worshipped by the Huari, the Inca, and the Chavin as a distant relative of their sky god, was portrayed as a fair skinned man with a white beard who wore sandals and a long robe, and carried a staff. |
| God name "Vairacocha/ Huiracocha/ Viracpocha" | Inca | The creator god |
| King name "Vairgin" | Chukchee | The Sun, moon, stars, and constellations are also known as vairgit; but the Sun is a special vairgin, represented as a man clad in a bright garment, driving dogs or reindeer. He descends every evening to his wife, the 'Walking-around-Woman'. The moon is also represented as a man. He is not a vairgin, however, but the son of a kele of the lower worlds. He has a låśśo, with which he catches people who look too fixedly at him. Shamans invoke the moon in incantations and spells. Chukchee |
"Vairgit" | Chukchee | Benevolent supernatural beings. Chukchee |
"Vairocana" | Buddhist | A Buddha who is the embodiment of Dharmakaya and the universal aspect of the historical Gautama Buddha. In the conception of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, Vairocana is at the center. Buddhist |
"Vairocana/ Buddhaheruka" | Buddhist | The First & oldest meditation Buddha |
"Vairotya" | Jain | One of the sixteen Mahavidyas who were accorded the most favoured position after the Jinas in Western India. Jain |
| Goddess name "Vairotya (having an ax and a goad)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen Vidyadevi headed by the goddess Sarasvati.... |
| Goddess name "Vaisnavi" | Hindu | One of seven mother-goddesses, each of whom is the sakti, or female counterpart, of a god. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Vaisnavi" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI of V IS NU, also regarded as a form of LAKSMI. In later Hinduism she became one of a group of MATARAS regarded as of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. In another grouping one of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Her vehicle is the hybrid beast GARUDA. Attributes: child, club, conch, lotus and prayer wheel.... |
| God name "Vaizgantas" | Lithuanian | A god of flax. Lithuanian |
| Deity name "Vajardaka" | Buddhist | A fierce and wrathful deity invoked for purifying negative actions. Buddhist |
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