| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Candra Kirana" | Hindu | An incarnation of Dewi Ratih, a goddess of love. Hindu |
| God name "Candrasekhara (moon crested)" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the god SIVA. Portrayed standing stiffly upright and wearing snake jewelry with the moon on the left side of his headdress. Attributes: ax and an antelope.... |
| God name "Candsvera" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A Minor God & benevolent aspect of Siva |
| God name "Cankilikkaruppan (the black man of the chain)" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Local god. Worshiped in southern India.... |
| God name "Caturmurti" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God. The specific form of Vis'nu with four faces. Also the syncretization of BRAHMA, VIS'NU, SIVA and Surya.... |
| 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. |
| God name "Chaitanya" | Hindu | Mendicant god Hindu / Puranic |
| God name "Chaitanya" | Hindu / Puranic | Mendicant god. A deified mortal who became one of the many incarnations of the god VIS NU. Born at Nadiya in AD 1484, he died at Puri in 1527. Chaitanya was a sickly child who, according to legend, was left to his fate, hanging in a tree to die, but was revived by the gods and thus became deified. He was married twice before adopting a strict ascetic existence at the age of twenty-four, from which time he traveled extensively, eventually settling in the holy city of Benares. He is remembered as a great social reformer. His main sanctuary at Nadiya includes a small statue of KRSNA to whom he devoted himself.... |
| 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).... |
| God name "DARARIA" | Hindu / India | Jjustice. The god of law who originates as a creator god and one of the sons of Brahma, but almost certainly derives from the dharmas or archetypal patterns of society identified in the Rg Veda. According to tradition he is the consort of thirteen daughters of DAKSA and the father of Yudhisthra. Also regarded as a minor avatara of VISNU, appearing as a bull standing for the redemption of souls.... |
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