hindu deity

Noun
  1. A deity worshipped by the Hindus (synset 109546113)
    referred to in: hindooism, hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
    is a type of: deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
    subtypes:
    • aditya - one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light
    • ahura - (Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities
    • asvins - (literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya
    • dharma - basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes
    • garuda - a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount
    • marut - any of a group of Hindu storm gods; offspring of Rudra
    • rhibhus, ribhus - one of three artisans of the Hindu gods
    • soma - personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
    • vajra - Indra's thunderbolt
    • avatar - the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form
    specific instances:
    • aditi - a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas
    • agni - (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
    • asura - earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura
    • bhaga - Hindu god of wealth and love
    • brahma - the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon
    • brihaspati - personification of the power of ritual devotion
    • bhumi devi - Hindu earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu
    • devi - 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
    • chandi - malevolent aspect of Devi
    • durga - Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi
    • dyaus, dyaus-pitar - Hindu god of the sky
    • ganapati, ganesa, ganesh, ganesha - Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles
    • gauri - in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the `brilliant'
    • hanuman - in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage
    • indra - chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder
    • ka - unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
    • kali - wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi
    • kama - Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara
    • mara - Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama
    • kartikeya, karttikeya - Hindu god of bravery
    • lakshmi - Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity
    • mitra - Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth
    • parjanya - Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra
    • anapurna, annapurna, parvati - wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty
    • prajapati - Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma
    • pushan - celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead
    • rahu - a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses
    • rudra - father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva
    • sarasvati - Hindu goddess of learning and the arts
    • savitar - an important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect
    • sakti, shakti - the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi
    • shiva, siva - the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon
    • skanda - Hindu god of war
    • surya - an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light
    • uma - a benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor'
    • ushas - Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night
    • varuna - 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
    • vayu - Hindu wind god
    • vishnu - the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds
    • yama - Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld

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