Hindu deity

a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas

(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas

earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura

Hindu god of wealth and love

the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon

personification of the power of ritual devotion

Hindu earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu

Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects

malevolent aspect of Devi

Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi

Hindu god of the sky

Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles

in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the `brilliant'

in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage

chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder

unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma

wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi

Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara

Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama

Hindu god of bravery

Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity

Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth

Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra

wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty

Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma

celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead

a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses

father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva

Hindu goddess of learning and the arts

an important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect

the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi

the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

Hindu god of war

an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light

a benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor'

Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night

in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world

Hindu wind god

the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds

Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld

an avatar of Vishnu

the 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu

8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute

avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama

one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light

(Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities

(literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya

basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;

a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount

any of a group of Hindu storm gods; offspring of Rudra

one of three artisans of the Hindu gods

personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual

Indra's thunderbolt

the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form