| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Despoena" | Greek | 1. A goddess of fruit. A daughter of Demeter and Poseidon. Known as Pomona to the Romans 2. The ruling goddess or the mistress, occurs as a surname of several divinities, such as Aphrodite, Demeter and Persephone. Greek |
| God name "Deus Munificentissimus" | Roman | Latin for "The most bountiful God" |
| God name "Deus ex machina" | Roman | The intervention of a god, or some unlikely event. Literally, it means "a god let down upon the stage or flying in the air by machinery." |
| Deities name "Deva (the god)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Generic name of a god. Originally, in the Rg Veda, thirty or thirty-three devas are indicated, divided into three groups of eleven. In later Hinduism, the term deva is generally applied to deities not included in the chief triad of BRAHMA, VISNU and SIVA.... |
| 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.... |
| Goddess name "Devana" | Czechoslovakia / Slavic | A goddess of the hunt |
| Goddess name "Devananda" | Jain | Mother goddess of happiness and joy. Jain |
| Goddess name "Devananda (delight of the gods)" | Jain / India | Goddess. The mother of Mahavira.... |
| Planet name "Devapurohita" | Hindu / Puranic | Astral god. An epithet for the planet god JUPITER.... |
| God name "Devaputra" | Buddhist | Designation for the lower ranked gods. Buddhist |
| Demon name "Devas" | India | Some gods at perpetual war with the demons |
| Demon name "Devas" | India | Some gods at perpetual war with the demons. India |
| Spirit name "Devas aka daeva" | Hindu | A type of celestial being that appears in both Persian mythology and Hinduism. Named after a Sanskrit word meaning "god," the deva emerged in Hindu teachings as a spiritual being, serving the supreme beings. |
| 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.... |
| God name "Devata" | Hindu | The gods in general or, as most frequently used, the whole body of inferior gods. Hindu |
| God name "Devel/ Del" | Gypsy | The highest being / god |
| 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.... |
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