| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deities name "Mara (the destroyer)" | Buddhist | (1) God. An evil deity who puts obstacles in the way of the BUDDHA. The equal of the Hindu god Kama. In Buddhist tradition, the Hindu gods INDRA, BRAHMA, VIS NU and S IVA are maras who become vanquished by various Buddhist deities. Attributes: fish standard.(2) God. Hindu. An epithet of KAMA(DEVA).... |
| 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 "Tara (power of hunger)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. May originally have had astral connotations, since the word can be interpreted as star. One of a group of MAHAVIDYAS personifying the SAKTI of SI IVA. She may also be the consort of CANDRA (SOMA). Aspects include Krodharatri. Attributes: knife, skin, skull, snakes and sword. Three-eyed.(2) Goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana and Vajrayana). An epithet of the mother of the BUDDHA, Maya. Also one of a series of female deities, the DHYANIBUDDHASAKTI considered to be aspects of the Sakti of AVALOKITESVARA or of AMOGASHIDDHI. She may also be the Sakti of ADIBIDDHA and of the various DHYANIBUDDHAS, in which case she is characterized by their colors. These Taras thus become White Tara and so on.See also BHRKUTI, EKAJATA, KURUKULLA, SITATARA and SYAMATARA. In Tibetan Buddhism she is known as sGrol-ma.... |
| Deities name "Virupaksa (misinformed eyes)" | Hindu Buddhist | 1 God. Epithet of SIVA and one of the EKADASARUDRAS or eleven RUDRA deities. Attributes: ax, bell, club, cup, drum, hook, knife, lotus, prayer wheel, rosary, Sakti and sword. Threeheaded.... |
| Deities name "Nagaraja" | Hindu | A Sanskrit word from naga (snake) and raj (king) meaning king of Snakes. It is applied to two main deities, Vasuki and Takshak. Vasuki and Takshak are brothers, children of Kashyap and Kadru, who are the parents of all snakes. Hindu |
| Deities name "Abhaswaras" | Hindu | A clåśś of deities, sixty-four in number, of whose nature little is known. Hindu |
| Deities name "Vasu[s]" | Hindu / India | A generic title for the gods / deities that attend Indra |
| Goddess name "Kurukalla" | Hindu | A goddess, one of the Tantric deities |
| Demon name "Asuras" | Hindu / Vedic | A group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as demons. They were opposed to the devas. Hindu / Vedic |
| Deities name "Ananta" | Hindu / Puranic | A snake god & one of the seven snake deities |
| Deities name "Dhruva (immovable)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Astral god. The son of Uttanapada, a star in the constellation of Ursa Minor which was the pole star in the last millennium BC. An avatara of V IS NU. Also one of a group of Vasu deities answering to the god INDRA. In different context, the description of a kind of fixed icon. Attributes: prayer wheel, rosary, spear and water jar.... |
| Deities name "Vasus" | Hindu | Attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature, representing cosmic natural phenomenon. The name Vasu means 'Dweller' or 'Dwelling'. Hindu |
| Deities name "Prabhasa (shining dawn)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: cup, hook, Sakti and staff.... |
| Deities name "Pratyusa (scorching)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: hook, knife, Sakti and sword.... |
| Deities name "Apa" | Hindu / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of eight VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: hook and plough.... |
| Deities name "Dhara (supporting)" | Hindu / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of eight VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: lotus, plough, rosary and spear.... |
| Deities name "Anila (wind)" | Hindu / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of eight VASU deities answering to the god INDRA.... |
| Deities name "Anala (fire)" | Hindu / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of eight Vasu deities answering to the god INDRA.... |
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