Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Upapattivasita (control of fitness)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: mixed. Attribute: a creeper.... |
Goddess name "Upayapattivasita" | Buddhist | A minor goddess |
Goddess name "Vac (speech)" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the spoken word. In some texts she is a daughter of DAKSA and consort of KASYAPA. Alternatively she is the daughter of Ambhrna. Also known by the epithet queen of the gods, Vac is the personification of the phenomenon of speech and oral communication. She gives the boon of hearing, speech and sight and she can lead a man to become a Brahman. She also personifies truth and sustains somathe liquid essence of vision and immortality. She is said to have created the four Vedas, the basis of the earliest Hindu mythology.... |
Goddess name "Vajragandhari" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Color: blue or gold. Attributes: arrow, ax, bell, bow, hook, image of AMOGHASIDDHI, knife, noose, prayer wheel, staff, sword, and trident.... |
Goddess name "Vajrapasi" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. A female dikpala or guardian of the southern direction. Color: yellow. Attributes: staff with noose.... |
Goddess name "Vajrasrnkhala (personification)" | Buddhist | (1) Minor goddess. One of the Mahayana deities said to be an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI. Some texts describe her as the SAKTI of HEVAJIRA. Color: green. Attributes: arrow, bow, cup, image of Amoghasiddhi on the crown, mane, noose skin, and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.(2) Goddess of learning. Jain. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Vasita (willpower)" | Hindu | Generic title for a group of goddesses. Twelve deities who personify the disciplines which result in spiritual regeneration.... |
Goddess name "Vasya-tara (the subjected Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI and considered to be indistinguishable from ARYA-TARA. Color: green. Attributes: blue lotus and image of Amoghasiddhi on the crown.... |
Goddess name "Visvakarman (arcbitect of tbe universe)" | Hindu / Vedic | Poorly defined creator god. Similar to DYAUS PITAR, he is described as the artist of the gods who may be linked or identified with TVASTAR. He evolved, as the son of PRABHASA and Yogasiddha, into an occasional consort of the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |