| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Dhanistha" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune to and malevolent astral deity. Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Dhanistha (very rich)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Also SRAVISTHA.... |
| God name "Dhanvantari (traveling through an arc)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Sun god. In later tradition a minor incarnation or avatara of the god VISNU, also closely åśśociated with Medicine. In Vedic mythology Dhanvantari carried the ambrosia created from the primeval ocean of milk. He brought medical science to mankind. Only as the religion evolved did he become identified as an avatara. As KANTATMAN (PRADYUMNA), he is thought to be Kama reincarnated after his death at the hands of SIVA. Various other epithets and existences are attributed to this deity. Offerings are due to him at dusk in the northeastern quarter. He is the guardian deity of hospitals which are usually in the vicinity of a sanctuary of Visnu. Attributes: two bowls containing ambrosia. Also Kantatman.... |
| Goddess name "Dharmamegha" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Vajrayana |
| Goddess name "Dharmamegha (cloud of the law)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of twelve deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: blue. Attributes: Book and staff.... |
| Goddess name "Dharmapala" | Buddhist | Minor goddess concerned with law Buddhist / Vajrayana |
| Goddess name "Dharmavasita (control of law)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of twelve VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: white. Attributes: water jar on a red lotus.... |
| Goddess name "Dhisana" | Hindu | Minor goddess of prosperity Hindu |
| Goddess name "Dhisana" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth. Also the name given to a bowl of fermented drink or soma.... |
| God name "Dhrtarastra (his empire is firm)" | Buddhist | Minor god. One of the dikpalas or guardians of the easterly direction. Color: white. Attribute: lute.... |
| Goddess name "Dhrti" | Jain | Minor goddess who apparently just hangs around Jain |
| Goddess name "Dhrti (firmness)" | Jain / India | Goddess. A minor deity with no significant role or attributes.... |
| 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.... |
| Goddess name "Dhupa" | Buddhist | Minor goddess and a censor Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Dhupatara (incense-Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Color: black. Attribute: a censer.... |
| God name "Dievini" | Latvia | Group of minor gods. Latvia |
| God name "Dionysus" | Greek | The youthful, beautiful, but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Bacchus, that is, the noisy or riotous god, which was originally a mere epithet or surname of Dionysus, but does not occur till after the time of Herodotus. Greek |
| Goddess name "Dipa Tara" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
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