English word senses marked with topical category "Hindu deities"
Parent categories: Gods, Hindu mythology, Religion, Hinduism, Mythology, Culture, India, Society, Asia, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Total 95 word senses
- Adithya (Proper name) A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
- Aditya (Proper name) A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India and Nepal.
- Agni (Proper name) A Hindu and Vedic deity of fire.
- Amala (Proper name) The Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
- Ambika (Proper name) The goddess Parvati.
- Amitābha (Proper name) A particular buddha; an artistic depiction of this buddha.; In Pure Land Buddhism, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the name of the principal buddha regarded as of celestial origin.
- Amitābha (Proper name) A particular buddha; an artistic depiction of this buddha.; In Vajrayāna Buddhism, the name of the western buddha, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas representing the five qualities of the Buddha.
- Amitābha (Proper name) A class of deities.
- Ananta (Proper name) One of the names of Lord Vishnu.
- Ananta (Proper name) In the Mahabharata, the serpent, or Vasuki, is the son of Kasyapa, through Kadru as her eldest son.
- Ananta (Proper name) A male given name from Sanskrit, commonly used in India.
- Annapurna (Proper name) The Hindu goddess Durga.
- Asura (Noun) Power-seeking deities involved in constant conflict with the more benevolent Devas.
- Balarama (Proper name) The Hindu god who is the brother of Krishna, holding a plough as a weapon.
- Bhadra (Proper name) A goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's Gana.
- Bhadrakali (Proper name) Name of a Hindu goddess in South India.
- Bhaga (Proper name) One of the Adityas, a god of wealth and marriage in Hinduism. In the Rigveda Bhaga is the god who supervises the distribution of goods and destiny to each man corresponding to his merits.
- Bhavani (Proper name) A Hindu goddess, Durga in her amiable form.
- Brahma (Proper name) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.
- Chakradhar (Proper name) Name of Vishnu.
- Chakrapani (Proper name) Name of Vishnu, bearer of the Sudarshana Chakra.
- Chitragupta (Proper name) A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
- Devi (Proper name) A title put at the end of any female deity's name within Hinduism (e.g. Lakshmi Devi, Saraswati Devi, Kali Devi).
- Durga (Proper name) A female given name from Sanskrit, common in India. Another name of Parvati
- Ekadanta (Proper name) The Hindu lord Ganesha.
- Ganapati (Proper name) An epithet of Shiva.
- Ganesha (Proper name) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.
- Ganga (Proper name) The river Ganges, especially as a deity.
- Gauri (Proper name) Name of a Hindu goddess.
- Gopala (Proper name) A name of the Hindu god Krishna.
- Govinda (Proper name) The Hindu god Krishna.
- Hanuman (Proper name) A Hindu demi-god who was a devotee of Lord Rama. He was born to Anjana and Vayu, plays the role of a god’s servant in Ramayana, and is also known as the "monkey god". He represents loyalty to the Lord and Master.
- Hara (Proper name) A name of Siva.
- Hari (Proper name) A name given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.
- Hari (Proper name) A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- Hayagriva (Proper name) An avatar of the Lord Vishnu in Hinduism.
- Heramba (Proper name) A form of the Hindu god Ganesha.
- Hiranyagarbha (Proper name) A name of Brahma, so called because he was born from a golden egg (Manu Smṛti 1.9).
- Indira (Proper name) Name of Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
- Indra (Proper name) The god of war and weather; also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.
- Jagannath (Proper name) The name of Lord Krishna and Vishnu.
- Juggernaut (Proper name) The Hindu deity Vishnu's avatar Krishna.
- Kali (Proper name) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.
- Kali (Proper name) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth Avatar of Vishnu.
- Kali (Proper name) A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.
- Kamadeva (Proper name) The Hindu deity of love, son of the goddess Sri and the incarnation of Pradyumna, Krishna's son.
- Kamakshi (Proper name) The Hindu goddess, a form of Parvati.
- Kartikeya (Proper name) A son of Shiva and Hindu god of war.
- Ketu (Proper name) The descending lunar node. In Hindu mythology, Ketu is generally referred to as a "shadow" planet, believed to have a tremendous impact on human lives and also the whole creation.
- Krishna (Proper name) A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism. Krishna is often depicted as a young cowherd boy with a dark or blue complexion playing a flute (as in the Bhagavata Purana) or a youthful prince giving philosophical direction and guidance (as in the Bhagavad Gita). He is the divine speaker of the Bhagavad Gita and the eighth avatar of Vishnu.
- Lakshmi (Proper name) The Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rama (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini).
- Lalita (Proper name) A Hindu goddess.
- Mahakala (Proper name) A deity in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism, sometimes considered a manifestation of Shiva.
- Maheshwari (Proper name) The Hindu goddess Durga.
- Manasa (Proper name) A goddess of snakes.
- Murugan (Proper name) A Hindu deity, especially popular among Tamils, worshipped in areas of South India.
- Parvati (Proper name) A Hindu goddess, the goddess of love, devotion and power; nominally the second consort of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and rejuvenation.
- Radha (Proper name) Hindu goddess of love and devotion, Grand Consort of god Krishna, Avatar of Lakshmi.
- Rama (Proper name) A name of the goddess Lakshmi (Devanagari: रमा).
- Rama (Proper name) A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
- Rama (Proper name) Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”).
- Rudra (Proper name) A Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt.
- Rāhu (Proper name) The ascending lunar node. An asura and god of the solar eclipse.
- Rāhu (Proper name) The ascending lunar node. An asura and god of the solar eclipse.; A supernatural being in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, particularly the Nyingma lineage. Usually depicted as dark blue in colour and having nine heads one of which is that of a raven. He has a face in his belly the mouth of which swallows up the moon or sun during eclipses. He is master of the nine planets and the god of solar and …
- Rāma (Proper name) A mythological king of Ayodhya in ancient India, considered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and a lila-avatara described in Bhagavata Purana; one of the most worshipped Hindu deities.
- Sarasvati (Proper name) The Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts.
- Savitr (Proper name) A solar deity (Deva) and one of the Adityas. He is sometimes identified with, and at other times distinguished from, the chief Sun deity Surya.
- Shakti (Proper name) The Hindu concept or personification of the divine feminine aspect, sometimes referred to as 'The Divine Mother'. Shakti represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power.
- Shani (Proper name) The Hindu god associated with the planet Saturn
- Shiva (Proper name) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.
- Sita (Proper name) A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
- Siva (Proper name) Alternative form of Shiva
- Srihari (Proper name) Name of Hindu god Vishnu.
- Surya (Proper name) The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.
- Swaminarayan (Proper name) A deity worshiped in the Swaminarayan faith of Hinduism.
- Uma (Proper name) One of the names of Hindu goddess Parvati.
- Varuna (Proper name) A god of the sky, of rain and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld.
- Varuna (Proper name) A Kuiper belt object, once thought to be possibly a dwarf planet.
- Vasu (Proper name) Any of the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature.
- Vasuki (Proper name) The goddess of snakes in Hindu mythology.
- Vayu (Proper name) The god of wind in Hindu and Vedic religion. A primary deity, father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman.
- Vinayaka (Proper name) The Hindu god Ganesha.
- Vishnu (Proper name) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most popularly venerated god in Hinduism. Vishnu is commonly depicted as being blue in colour and having four arms: with each hand holding either a lotus, a mace, a conch shell or chakram weapon. Vishnu is the Supreme being or Ultimate Reality for Vaishnavas and a manifestation of Brahman in the Advaita or Smarta traditions of Hinduism.
- Vishnupriya (Proper name) A Hindu goddess.
- Vāc (Proper name) The goddess of speech, the written word, and language.
- Yama (Proper name) The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo.
- apsara (Noun) A female spirit of the clouds and waters.
- gandharva (Noun) A being in the intermediate state between death and rebirth.
- kinnara (Noun) A celestial lover and musician, half-human and either half-horse or half-bird.
- kinnari (Noun) A female kinnara.
- mahoraga (Proper name) A type of serpentine deity in Indian mythology, most notably Buddhism and Jainism.
- naga (Noun) A loincloth.
- rakshasa (Noun) A member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like vampires.
- yaksha (Noun) A kind of supernatural being; can be a malevolent demon or a beneficent tutelary deity.
- yaksha (Noun) A kind of supernatural being, often depicted as having supernatural power, great strength, and frightening appearance; can be a malevolent demon or a beneficent tutelary deity.
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