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Tripura Sundari (Shodashi): The beautiful goddess of the three worlds, representing unity and the play of creation. Bhuvaneshvari: The goddess of the material world, embodiment of space, and the nurturing aspect of the divine. Bhairavi: The fierce aspect of Devi, associated with death, destruction, and the transformative power of time.
A beauty deity is a god or (usually) goddess associated with the concept of beauty. Classic examples in the Western culture are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart, Venus. The following is a list of beauty deities across different cultures. For some deities, beauty is only one of several aspects they represent, or a lesser one.
Pages in category "Hindu goddesses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Toggle Hindu and Jain mythology subsection. 22.1 Vedic. ... This is a list of goddesses, ... Hastyeoltoi, Shooting God) Hakʼaz Asdzą́ą́ (Cold Woman) Náhookǫs ...
Bhakti traditions of Hinduism have both gods and goddesses. In ancient and medieval Indian mythology, each masculine deva of the Hindu pantheon is partnered with a feminine devi. [67] Followers of Shaktism, worship the goddess Devi as the embodiment of Shakti (feminine strength or power). [68]
Parvati is the Hindu goddess of love, beauty, purity and devotion. [25] [26] [27] She is the mother goddess in Hinduism and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 1008 names in regional Hindu mythologies of India, including the popular names such as Gauri. [28]
Goddess Durga and a pantheon of other gods and goddesses being worshipped during Durga Puja Festival in Kolkata. Deities in Hinduism are referred to as Deva (masculine) and Devi (feminine). [45] [46] [47] The root of these terms means "heavenly, divine, anything of excellence". [48] In the earliest Vedic literature, all supernatural beings are ...
Sita is the goddess of the Ramayana and the consort of the Hindu god Rama. Sita and Rama are avatars of Vishnu and his wife Lakshmi, goddess of wealth. She is esteemed as a model of wifely and womanly virtues for all Hindu women. [13] [14] Sita is the adopted daughter of Janaka, king of Videha, found while he was furrowing the earth. [15]