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  2. Vishvarupa - Wikipedia

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    The god has a thousand eyes, a hundred heads, a thousand feet, a thousand bellies, a thousand arms and several mouths. He holds weapons as well as attributes of an ascetic like sacrificial fire, a staff, a kamandalu (water pot). [9] Another theophany in the Mahabharata is of a Vaishnava (related to Vishnu or Krishna) form. It misses the ...

  3. Hindu deities - Wikipedia

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    In ancient and medieval era texts of Hinduism, the human body is described as a temple, [37] [38] and deities are described to be parts residing within it, [39] [40] while the Brahman (Absolute Reality, God) [21] [41] is described to be the same, or of similar nature, as the Atman (Self), which Hindus believe is eternal and within every living ...

  4. Chaturbhuja - Wikipedia

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    Several Hindu deities are often portrayed with four arms in their iconography, featured in Hindu literature. The iconography of four arms is regarded to symbolise divinity and power, as well as dominion over the four quarters of the universe. [1] Chaturbhuja is also primarily employed as an epithet for the preserver deity, Vishnu. [2] [3]

  5. Ganesha - Wikipedia

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    Ganesha is mentioned in Hindu texts between the 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE, and a few Ganesha images from the 4th and 5th centuries CE have been documented by scholars. [13] Hindu texts identify him as the son of Parvati and Shiva of the Shaivism tradition, but he is a pan-Hindu god found in its various traditions.

  6. Vishnu - Wikipedia

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    Though a minor mention and with overlapping attributes in the Vedas, he has important characteristics in various hymns of the Rig Veda, such as 1.154.5, 1.56.3 and 10.15.3. [67] In these hymns, the Vedic scriptures assert that Vishnu resides in that highest home where departed Atman (Self) reside, an assertion that may have been the reason for ...

  7. Kaumodaki - Wikipedia

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    Kaumodaki (Sanskrit: कौमोदकी, romanized: Kaumodakī, lit. 'captivator of the mind') [1] is the gadā (mace) of the Hindu deity Vishnu. [2] Vishnu is often depicted holding the Kaumodaki in one of his four hands; his other attributes are the chakra, the conch and the lotus.

  8. List of mythological objects (Hindu mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Panchajanya - a Shankha conch shell of the Hindu god Vishnu. Shankha - A conch shell which is of ritual and religious importance in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The Shankha is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Vishnu. It is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past was used as a war trumpet. Yogesha Nadam - The conch of ...

  9. Jagannath - Wikipedia

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    Some scholars interpret hymn 10.155.3 of the Rigveda as a possible origin, but others disagree and state that it is a syncretic/synthetic deity with tribal roots. [ 15 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The English word juggernaut was the rendition into English of "Jagannath" by early British in India, and came to mean a very large and unstoppable force from ...

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