| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Mari (1) (killing)" | Buddhist | (1) Deification of literature. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: reddish white. Attributes: needle, thread and staff.(2) Mother goddess. Dravidian (Tamil) [southern India]. See also MARI MAI.... |
| God name "Seyon/ Muruga" | Dravidian / Tamil | A creator god |
| Goddess name "Amba Dravidian" | India | A goddess of the earth |
| God name "Murukan/ Ceyon" | Dravidian / Tamil | A hunting & war god |
| God name "Palaniyantavan" | Hindu / Dravidian / Tamil | A local god |
| Deity name "Munisvara" | Hindu / Dravidian | A regional Tamil deity who is popular amongst the least Sanskritized social groups of South India specifically Tamil Nadu. Hindu / Dravidian |
| God name "Mayon" | Dravidian | Creator god Dravidian / Tamil |
| God name "Seyon" | Dravidian | Creator god Dravidian / Tamil |
| God name "Tirumal" | Dravidian | Creator god equated with Visnu Dravidian / Tamil |
| God name "Venda" | Dravidian | Creator god, an ancient vegetation deity Dravidian / Tamil |
| God name "Venda" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Creator god. An ancient vegetation deity. Worshiped in villages on the plains, thought to live in trees and equated with Indra.... |
| God name "Seyon (the red one)" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | Creator god. An early deity åśśociated particularly with hilly regions in parts of southern India and thought to live in trees. Also Muruga.... |
| God name "Mayon (the black one)" | Early Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | Creator god. Animistic high god of the pastoral regions, found in Sangam literature and thought to reside in trees. Perhaps equating with VIS'NU or KRSNA.... |
| God name "Nediyon" | Early Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Creator god. Equates with a syncretization of VISNU and KRSNA. The name implies a deity of tall stature. Sangam texts describe him wearing a golden robe. Attributes: conch, prayer wheel and lotus. Also Neduvel.... |
| God name "Mal" | Early Dravidian / Tamil | Creator god. Probably equating with a syncretization of VIS'NU and KRSNA. The name implies a deity of great stature. In Sangam texts, his face is like the moon, his eyes are lotuses and his CAKRA is the beams of the Sun. Also TIRUMAL.... |
| God name "Tirumal (the excellent black one)" | Early Dravidian / Tamil | Creator god. Thought to reside in trees and equating with VISNU. In later Hinduism used as an epithet of Vis nu.... |
| God name "Munisvara" | Hindu | Deified saint. Technically a demigod but worshiped as a deity by Dravidians in southern India. Also Municami (Tamil).... |
| God name "Manmatha" | Dravidian / Tamil | Form of the god of carnal love. A local southern Indian form of Kama with similar attributes and genealogy, named in Sangam literature.... |