| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Prajana" | Buddhist | Goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Prajna (wisdom)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. Regarded as the SAKTI of a number of Mahayana gods, or specifically of ADIBUDDHA.... |
| Goddess name "Prasannatara" | Buddhist | Rather minor goddess who tramples upon some Hindu gods Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Prasannatara (the gracious Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Regarded as a form of RATNASAMBHAVA who tramples on Hindu gods including INDRA, BRAHMA, RUDRA and Upendra. Color: yellow. Carries a large variety of attributes. Three-eyed.... |
| Goddess name "Priyadarsana (pleasant to the eye)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
| Goddess name "Puspatara (flower-Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Color: white. Attribute: a Forest garland.... |
| Demon name "Rama (pleasing)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS NU. The seventh avatara (sun aspect) of Vis nu. Rama began as a comparatively minor incarnation who became one of the great heroes of the Ramayana epic, as well as featuring in the Mahabharata. The son of Dasaratha and Kausalya, he was a king of Ayodhya who, in the Ramayana, slew the demon Ravana that had captured his consort SITA and was upheld as a deity par excellence in respect of manhood and honor, though his subsequent treatment of his wife might be regarded as cavalier (see Sita). The Ramayana epic was composed by the poet and sage Valmeeki during the reign of Ramachandra and it gave form to a story that had been in existence for many centuries as an oral tradition. Valmeeki portrayed Rama not as an incarnate deity but as a great mortal hero. The saga is strongly political and serves to unite a vast and fragmented people in a common focus, irrespective of caste and language. It defines the historical schism between the Hindu culture of India and the largely Buddhist tradition of Sri Lanka. Rama rides in a chariot and is depicted in human form with two arms, typically holding a sugar cane bow and with a quiver at his shoulder. Also Ramacandra.... |
| Goddess name "Rupini" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
| God name "Samvara" | Buddhist | God Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Deities name "Samvara (keeping out)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. One of the emanations of AKSOBHYA and also of HEVAJIRA. In Lamaism he is a four-headed tutelary yi-dam god. His SAKTI is VAJRAVARAHI. He stands upon one or more four-armed Hindu deities including Kalaratri and BHAIRAVA. Color: blue or black. Attributes: ax, bell, cup, drum, image of Aksobhya on the crown, image of four-faced BRAHMA, knife, moon disc, skin, staff and trident.... |
| God name "Sankha(pala)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS or nagadevas. Attributes: cup and rosary. Three-eyed.... |
| Spirit name "Sarvanivaranaviskambhin (remover of stain)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A dhyaniboddhisattva or spiritual meditation buddha. Color: white. Attributes: Book, jewel, moon disc, sword and staff.... |
| Spirit name "Sarvapayanjaha (remover of miseries)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A dhyaniboddhisattva or spiritual mediation buddha. Color: white. Attribute: hook in two hands.... |
| Goddess name "Sarvastramahajvala" | Jain | Messenger goddess Jain |
| Goddess name "Sarvastramahajvala (the great blaze of all weapons)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
| God name "Sastra-devatas" | Hindu | The gods of Divine weapons in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the lords behind earthquakes, tidal waves, storms of all kinds, and lightning. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Siddhi (accomplishment, success)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of good fortune. A deity who grants favors. Sometimes åśśociated with the elephant god GANESA or MAHA-GANAPATI, on whose knee she may sit. In earlier times she was described as a consort of BHAGA.... |
| Goddess name "Sitapatra (with a white umbrella)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of VAIROCANA and a female BODHISATTVA or buddhadesignate. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, hook, noose, parasol, prayer wheel and white staff. Sometimes three-eyed and three-headed.... |
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