Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Padmatara" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
Goddess name "Syamatara" | Buddhist | Goddess, believed to be incarnated as the Nepali princess. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Dhupa (incense)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARA mothers. Color: yellow. Attribute: a censer.... |
Goddess name "Dipa (personification of the oil lamp)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess of light. Considered to be among the group of ASTAMATARAS (mothers). Color: blue or red. Attribute: a lamp.... |
Goddess name "Gandha (odor)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. In Lamaism one of the group of MATARAS (mothers). Color: green. Attribute: conch with sandalwood resin.... |
Goddess name "Giia" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of a group of Astamataras (mothers). Color: red. Attributes: Indian gong and lute.... |
Goddess name "Lasya (dancing girl)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the group of ASTAMATARAS (mothers). She is generally depicted dancing the lasya dance. Color: white. Attribute: a mirror. Also the generic name of a group of four goddesses, including GITA, MALA, NRTYA and headed by LASYA.... |
Goddess name "Mala (garland)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of a group of ASTAMATARA deities. Color: red or yellow. Attributes: garland of Forest flowers, or of jewels.... |
Goddess name "Nrtya (dance)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARAS. Color: green or various. Attribute: staff.... |
Goddess name "Puspa (flower)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the group of ASTAMATARAS (mothers). Color: white. Attribute: a flower.... |
Goddess name "Syamatara (tbe black Tara)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. A gracious form of the goddess TARA. Also an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI and a form of AVALOKITESVARA. Color: black, possibly green. Attribute: blue lotus.... |
Goddess name "Yogesvari" | Buddhist / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. Personifying desire and listed among both the SAPTAMATARAS and the ASTAMATARAS. Attributes: bell, club, drum, shield, sword and trident.... |
Goddess name "Padmatara (lotus Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Padmosnisa... |
Goddess name "Mahamataras" | Hindu | Group of goddesses Hindu |
Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess applied to the Divine mothers Hindu |
Goddess name "Narasinhi" | Hindu | Mother goddess and one of the astamatara mothers. Hindu |
Goddess name "Mahamataras" | Hindu | Group of goddesses. Personifications of the SAKTI of the god S IVA.... |
Goddess name "Matara" | Hindu | Mother goddess. Applied collectively to groups of deities, the Divine mothers, also more specifically to the consort of the god KASYAPA. As Divine mothers they are also regarded as SAKTIS. The numbers vary according to separate traditions and they are therefore identified as the SAPTAMATARAS (seven), ASTAMATARAS (eight) and NAVASAKTIS (nine). Less commonly there may be up to fifty mataras in a group. Their images are normally carved in stone (very few exist in metal) and they are depicted seated, often upon a corpse, and may be of terrifying appearance.... |