Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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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 |
God name "Pradyumma" | Davidian / Tamil | A god of love |
God name "Murukan/ Ceyon" | Dravidian / Tamil | A hunting & war god |
God name "Palaniyantavan" | Hindu / Dravidian / Tamil | A local god |
God name "Gal Bapsi" | Hindu / Davidian / Tamil | A local god that can expiate sins, but it is rough |
Goddess name "Muttalamman/ Mutyalamma" | Davidian / Tamil | A plague goddess identified with smallpox |
Goddess name "Mari" | Davidian / Tamil | A Rain goddess & the goddess of smallpox |
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 |
"Ayya Vaikundar" | Tamil | According to Akilattirattu Ammanai, a scripture of the Ayyavazhi, was an avatar of Narayana. As per the Ayyavazhi mythology the body in which Ayya Vaikundar incarnated is that of Mudisoodum Perumal. Tamil |
God name "Kadavul" | India | An ancient Tamil word for God meaning, "He who is both immanent and transcendent." India |
"KRSNA/ Kannan" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic / Tamil | An incarnation of Vishnu known as the dark one |
Goddess name "Niladevi (black goddess)" | Hindu / Puranic | Consort of the god V IS NU. Mentioned only in the Vaikhanasagama text as the third wife of Vis nu, no art representation of this goddess has been discovered. She may be identical with the goddess Pinnai known in Tamilspeaking regions.... |
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.... |